Paynes Knob
Paynes Knob rises to 1,183 m in North Carolina. Craggy Dome stands 1,853 m to the northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31634615, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1183 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.9 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 8.9 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 9.8 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Rock Knob: 0.8 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Fork Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Lane Pinnacle: 1.3 mi
- Bull Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 3.4 mi
- Formal Gardens: 3.5 mi
- The Slabs: 3.5 mi
- Lower Slab: 3.5 mi
- Christmas Tree Stand: 3.5 mi
- Cascades Falls: 4.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.0 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 7.3 mi
- Walker Falls: 7.6 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 7.9 mi
- Potato House: 1.8 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 1.8 mi
- Spring House: 1.8 mi
- Tool Shed: 1.8 mi
- Tennis Court: 1.8 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 7.1 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 7.1 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 6.6 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 8.4 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 8.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 8.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 3.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 6.5 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 8.6 mi
- Deco Gecko: 8.6 mi
- Passage: 8.8 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 6.9 mi
- Ironland: 8.6 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 8.7 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 9.4 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 11.2 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 4.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 4.9 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 7.7 mi
- Rocky Knob: 8.2 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 12.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 19.9 mi
- The Pinnacles: 20.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 8.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 9.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 9.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.5 mi
- Lenox Spring: 24.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.9 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 11.6 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 15.9 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.8 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Paynes Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Dome | NE 47° | 1,853 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | NE 45° | 1,798 m | 5.3 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | NE 43° | 1,780 m | 3.9 mi |
| Craggy Knob | NE 50° | 1,699 m | 2.9 mi |
| Locust Knob | NE 42° | 1,671 m | 6.2 mi |
| Snowball Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,626 m | 2.9 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | NE 34° | 1,603 m | 3.1 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | N 8° | 1,583 m | 1.3 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 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808547
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- Asheville · 9 mi
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