Old Butt Knob
Old Butt Knob rises to 1,684 m in North Carolina. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the south-southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Loser Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Old Butt Knob is a summit in Haywood County, North Carolina, in the United States. It is located within Pisgah National Forest. With an elevation of 5,522 feet (1,683 m), Old Butt Knob is the 114th highest mountain in North Carolina. A hiking trail leads to Old Butt Knob's peak.
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Wikidata Q22061043, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,684 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 1.5 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 1.5 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 15.3 mi off the Appalachian Medley
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bullpen Cove Falls: 1.8 mi
- GPS Falls: 2.1 mi
- Lower Greasy Cove Falls: 2.1 mi
- Ivestor Ridge Falls: 2.1 mi
- Boulderfield Falls: 2.2 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 3.9 mi
- Canton Memorial Park: 10.6 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 10.9 mi
- City of Brevard Sports Complex: 10.9 mi
- Sorrells Street Park: 11.0 mi
- Dog Loser Knob: 0.6 mi
- Shining Rock: 1.1 mi
- Flower Knob: 1.5 mi
- Stairs Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Grassy Cove Top: 2.0 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 5.9 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 6.1 mi
- Camp John Rock: 6.7 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 11.3 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 11.6 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 13.2 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 15.4 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 15.7 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 4.2 mi
- M1: 11.5 mi
- Historical Downtown: 11.6 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 15.3 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 15.8 mi
- Berm Park: 11.4 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 13.1 mi
- Chalice: 19.3 mi
- American Eclipse: 19.4 mi
- Ear: 19.7 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 11.5 mi
- Bald Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 14.6 mi
- River Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Dunns Rock: 14.8 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 3.9 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 11.1 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 11.2 mi
- Shook Museum: 11.8 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 16.4 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 1.9 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 4.3 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 20.5 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 5.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 13.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 20.3 mi
- Lenox Spring: 21.5 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 8.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 17.4 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 14.4 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Old Butt Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | SSW 210° | 1,890 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Hardy | SW 225° | 1,866 m | 6.7 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | SSW 211° | 1,846 m | 2.8 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | SW 216° | 1,844 m | 2.0 mi |
| Sam Knob | SW 225° | 1,844 m | 4.1 mi |
| Shining Rock | WSW 257° | 1,829 m | 1.1 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | SSW 207° | 1,822 m | 4.9 mi |
| Chestnut Bald | SSW 210° | 1,821 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesville 1 E, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021729 — Old Butt Knob, Haywood County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808461
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