Little Knob
Little Knob rises to 407 m in North Carolina. Hickory Knob stands 907 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Carpenter Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 9.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31630946, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 407 m
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 24.5 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 24.6 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
Named places within 25 miles
- Carpenter Knob: 0.5 mi
- Buffalo Knob: 1.0 mi
- Queens Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Old Sheep Knob: 4.1 mi
- Brendle Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Belwood Recreation Center Ii: 4.6 mi
- South Mountains State Park: 4.7 mi
- Casar Park: 5.8 mi
- George Hildebeand Community Park: 6.6 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 7.0 mi
- Metcalfe Station-Lawndale Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 13.8 mi
- C Grier Beam Truck Museum: 14.1 mi
- Cherryville Historical Society: 14.1 mi
- Cherryville Railroad Museum: 14.2 mi
- Upper High Shoals Falls: 7.0 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 7.0 mi
- Little River Falls: 7.0 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 7.5 mi
- Beautimos Falls: 9.1 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 16.4 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 16.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 16.9 mi
- Lattimore Caboose: 17.5 mi
- Lake Hickory Attractions: 15.8 mi
- Shelby Corn Maze: 19.4 mi
- Caboose: 21.6 mi
- Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 22.4 mi
- Balls Creek Campground: 24.7 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 13.1 mi
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 16.7 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 24.7 mi
- Fox Den: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 15.8 mi
- Historic Beginnings: 16.6 mi
- Martin Luther: 17.5 mi
- Swimming beach: 24.3 mi
- Boat beach: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Little Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Knob | WNW 292° | 907 m | 12.9 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | WNW 292° | 901 m | 13.2 mi |
| Walker Top | WNW 302° | 886 m | 12.8 mi |
| Benn Knob | W 280° | 882 m | 7.7 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WNW 293° | 874 m | 11.3 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | WNW 292° | 870 m | 10.9 mi |
| Skull Knob | WNW 289° | 869 m | 12.9 mi |
| Krunkleton Knob | WNW 296° | 839 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vale AG 2 SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808007
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 17 mi
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