Panther Knob
Panther Knob rises to 868 m in North Carolina. Ogle Ridge stands 1,664 m to the east-southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Grassy Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Madison County, North Carolina, United States of America; geonames ID = 4483968.
Wikidata Q31634367, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 868 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 13.1 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 10.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.2 mi off the Appalachian Medley
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Laurel Community Center Park: 6.3 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 7.3 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 8.7 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 8.8 mi
- Lincoln Park: 9.0 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 8.8 mi
- Walker Falls: 9.3 mi
- Douglas Falls: 10.9 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 11.0 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 11.2 mi
- Grassy Knob: 1.0 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Sam Doane Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Broomstraw Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 2.0 mi
- Otway Burns: 8.7 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 8.7 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.7 mi
- Moye Rest: 9.1 mi
- Tennis Court: 13.8 mi
- Friends: 8.7 mi
- Stream: 8.7 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 8.7 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 8.7 mi
- Rock Bridge: 8.7 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 6.7 mi
- McElroy House: 8.6 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 8.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 12.2 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 14.2 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 12.8 mi
- Terrace garden: 12.8 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 14.7 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 17.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 19.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.9 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 17.8 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 18.1 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 18.4 mi
- Stony Point: 19.7 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 5.0 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 7.5 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 15.8 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 18.4 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 19.0 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 10.7 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 13.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 14.2 mi
- Rocky Knob: 14.8 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 17.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 12.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 14.1 mi
- Overlook Access: 23.9 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 24.4 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 14.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 15.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.5 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 20.8 mi
- Lost Cove: 14.1 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Panther Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogle Ridge | ESE 123° | 1,664 m | 5.6 mi |
| Coxcomb Mountain | SE 132° | 1,655 m | 5.3 mi |
| Licklog Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,570 m | 5.1 mi |
| Blue Knob | ESE 107° | 1,497 m | 5.8 mi |
| Upper Haw Knob | NNW 334° | 1,492 m | 6.8 mi |
| High Knob | E 100° | 1,489 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | N 0° | 1,454 m | 6.2 mi |
| Sharptop | ESE 105° | 1,454 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnsville AG, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021797 — Panther Knob, Madison County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808513
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- Asheville · 21 mi
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