Locust Knob
Locust Knob rises to 1,671 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the east-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bullhead Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31425169, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,671 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.3 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 12.6 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Welsh Field: 6.4 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 7.5 mi
- Town Square: 7.8 mi
- Youth Center Park: 7.8 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 8.0 mi
- Bullhead Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Walker Knob: 1.5 mi
- Craggy Dome: 1.8 mi
- Blackstock Knob: 2.0 mi
- Spruce Pinnacle: 2.3 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 1.2 mi
- Douglas Falls: 1.4 mi
- Cascades Falls: 1.6 mi
- Walker Falls: 1.9 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 5.1 mi
- Tennis Court: 7.2 mi
- Spring House: 7.2 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 7.2 mi
- Potato House: 7.2 mi
- Tool Shed: 7.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 10.7 mi
- Terrace garden: 10.7 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 11.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 8.9 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 10.1 mi
- Friends: 13.3 mi
- Stream: 13.3 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 13.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 5.5 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 7.9 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 11.7 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 11.8 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 12.5 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 5.1 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 6.9 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 11.3 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 11.8 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 14.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 1.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 3.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 13.3 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 4.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 17.8 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.8 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 22.9 mi
- The Pinnacles: 23.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 19.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 4.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 5.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 9.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 5.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 9.8 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 20.4 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 23.0 mi
- Lost Cove: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Locust Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | ENE 62° | 2,038 m | 5.4 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | E 82° | 1,981 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | ENE 79° | 1,971 m | 3.7 mi |
| Potato Knob | E 88° | 1,946 m | 3.3 mi |
| Hallback | ENE 71° | 1,923 m | 4.4 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | ENE 69° | 1,910 m | 2.0 mi |
| Craggy Dome | SSW 210° | 1,853 m | 1.8 mi |
| Patton Knob | E 83° | 1,828 m | 2.6 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808079
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- Asheville · 15 mi
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