Martin Knob
Martin Knob rises to 1,145 m in North Carolina. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the west-southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Little Parkway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31632399, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,145 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Little Parkway
- 1.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.4 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 6.3 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Moses Cone Overlook · 2 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 5 mi
- Top Crag View · 5 mi
- Storyteller Rock · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hebron Colony Falls: 0.8 mi
- China Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- New Year's Creek Cascades: 3.1 mi
- Glen Burney Falls: 3.2 mi
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 3.3 mi
- Blowing Rock Pool: 2.7 mi
- Broyhill Park: 2.8 mi
- Blowing Rock City Park: 3.0 mi
- High Gravity Adventures: 4.1 mi
- Payne Branch Park: 4.2 mi
- Green Knob: 0.7 mi
- Myria Knob: 1.1 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Pigpen Knob: 1.2 mi
- Raven Rocks: 1.3 mi
- Jessie: 3.0 mi
- The Gardener: 3.0 mi
- The Rock: 4.2 mi
- Yosef the Mountain Man: 4.4 mi
- Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 4.4 mi
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 2.9 mi
- Fun 'N' Wheels: 3.6 mi
- Tweetsie Twister: 4.0 mi
- F-80 Jet Planes: 4.0 mi
- Buckaroo Drop: 4.1 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 1.7 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 3.0 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 3.1 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 4.3 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 4.5 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 4.2 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 7.6 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 8.1 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 8.8 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Woods Walk: 8.3 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 3.0 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 4.5 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 5.4 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 12.2 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 4.4 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 4.4 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 4.6 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 5.3 mi
- Shanty Springs: 6.3 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 24.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 24.8 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 1.4 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 16.4 mi
- Elk Shoals: 21.5 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 24.7 mi
- Mortimer: 12.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Martin Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calloway Peak | WSW 237° | 1,804 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hanging Rock | W 266° | 1,582 m | 5.7 mi |
| Peak Mountain | WSW 253° | 1,473 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 222° | 1,466 m | 5.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 9° | 1,407 m | 7.8 mi |
| Grassy Knob | N 358° | 1,403 m | 6.6 mi |
| Snakeden Mountain | N 360° | 1,367 m | 5.8 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | E 84° | 1,362 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:37 | 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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808162
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