North Knob
North Knob rises to 1,233 m in North Carolina. Snowball Mountain stands 1,626 m to the east-southeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. French Broad Overview passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31633878, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,233 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 4.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 12.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Chestnut Knob: 0.7 mi
- Brittain Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Middle Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Wiley Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Brank Mountain: 1.2 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 3.8 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 4.1 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 4.1 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 4.9 mi
- Lake View Park: 7.4 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 4.9 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 6.8 mi
- Cascades Falls: 7.0 mi
- Walker Falls: 8.2 mi
- Tennis Court: 4.5 mi
- Swimming Pool: 4.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 4.5 mi
- Spring House: 4.5 mi
- Tool Shed: 4.5 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 7.3 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 11.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 7.4 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 9.6 mi
- Deco Gecko: 9.6 mi
- Passage: 9.7 mi
- Wake: 10.1 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 4.8 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 7.6 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 9.4 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 9.5 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 9.6 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 4.4 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 5.8 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 8.7 mi
- Ironland: 9.6 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 12.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 15.9 mi
- Vann Cliff: 21.5 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 21.9 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 23.8 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 7.2 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 9.2 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 10.9 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 12.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 13.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.8 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 24.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 13.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 17.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 18.4 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.5 mi
- Lost Cove: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of North Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,626 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | ESE 107° | 1,603 m | 6.0 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | SE 126° | 1,583 m | 5.1 mi |
| Rich Knob | SE 138° | 1,500 m | 4.3 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | ESE 106° | 1,499 m | 4.7 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | SE 131° | 1,493 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bull Mountain | SE 134° | 1,473 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Snowball Mountain | E 96° | 1,440 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021669 — North Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808432
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- Asheville · 11 mi
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