Little Craggy Knob
Little Craggy Knob rises to 1,490 m in North Carolina. Clingmans Peak stands 1,981 m to the northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pisgah National Forest, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.3 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31630706, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,490 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.2 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Welsh Field: 4.4 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 5.1 mi
- Town Square: 5.5 mi
- Youth Center Park: 5.5 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 5.7 mi
- Craggy Dome: 1.2 mi
- Craggy Pinnacle: 1.6 mi
- Bullhead Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Craggy Knob: 1.8 mi
- Bearpen Knob: 2.3 mi
- Cascades Falls: 1.7 mi
- Douglas Falls: 2.3 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 3.2 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 4.0 mi
- Walker Falls: 4.3 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 6.0 mi
- Spring House: 6.0 mi
- Potato House: 6.0 mi
- Tennis Court: 6.0 mi
- Tool Shed: 6.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 7.3 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 11.7 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 12.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 12.6 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 6.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 8.4 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 13.2 mi
- Deco Gecko: 13.2 mi
- Passage: 13.3 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 5.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 7.1 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 10.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.7 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 12.1 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 6.4 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 8.7 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 10.6 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 12.0 mi
- Ironland: 13.2 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 1.1 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 2.6 mi
- Rocky Knob: 3.8 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 12.2 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 3.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 15.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 19.4 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 20.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 20.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 19.1 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 4.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 5.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 7.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 7.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 11.4 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 21.2 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Craggy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clingmans Peak | NE 52° | 1,981 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | NE 50° | 1,971 m | 4.9 mi |
| Potato Knob | NE 54° | 1,946 m | 4.3 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | NNE 32° | 1,910 m | 3.7 mi |
| Craggy Dome | NW 319° | 1,853 m | 1.2 mi |
| Patton Knob | NE 45° | 1,828 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | N 350° | 1,798 m | 1.6 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | WNW 297° | 1,780 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021180 — Little Craggy Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807978
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- Asheville · 14 mi
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