Pigpen Knob
Pigpen Knob rises to 1,404 m in North Carolina. Clingmans Peak stands 1,981 m to the east-southeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheepwallow Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31635022, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,404 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.1 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 12.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.1 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Welsh Field: 10.3 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 10.5 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 10.5 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 10.7 mi
- Sheepwallow Knob: 0.4 mi
- High Knob: 0.6 mi
- Cedar Cliff Knob: 0.8 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Ivy Knob: 1.5 mi
- Walker Falls: 2.1 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 4.0 mi
- Douglas Falls: 4.1 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cascades Falls: 4.6 mi
- Tennis Court: 8.8 mi
- Spring House: 8.8 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 8.8 mi
- Tool Shed: 8.9 mi
- Potato House: 8.9 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 9.8 mi
- Terrace garden: 9.8 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 11.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.4 mi
- Friends: 10.4 mi
- Stream: 10.4 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 10.4 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 10.4 mi
- Rock Bridge: 10.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 6.3 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 10.2 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 10.5 mi
- McElroy House: 10.5 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 11.7 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 3.3 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 3.8 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 12.9 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 15.2 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 15.7 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 4.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 7.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 7.7 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 14.3 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 16.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 20.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.1 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 24.7 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 24.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 7.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 8.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 6.4 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 24.9 mi
- Lost Cove: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Pigpen Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clingmans Peak | ESE 121° | 1,981 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | ESE 119° | 1,971 m | 5.9 mi |
| Potato Knob | SE 125° | 1,946 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hallback | ESE 111° | 1,923 m | 6.1 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | SE 131° | 1,910 m | 4.4 mi |
| Craggy Dome | S 173° | 1,853 m | 5.1 mi |
| Patton Knob | SE 128° | 1,828 m | 5.2 mi |
| Big Butt | ENE 75° | 1,807 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808596
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 17 mi
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