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Pigpen Knob

Pigpen Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Pigpen Knob rises to 1,050 m in North Carolina. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the west-southwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Little Parkway passes 1.2 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31635046, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1050 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.14374, -81.73344

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Hebron Colony Falls: 0.8 mi
  • China Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Thunderhole Falls: 3.0 mi
  • New Year's Creek Cascades: 3.1 mi
  • Glen Burney Falls: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Blowing Rock Pool: 2.9 mi
  • Broyhill Park: 3.0 mi
  • Blowing Rock City Park: 3.1 mi
  • Foscoe-Grandfather Community Center and Park: 3.5 mi
  • The Park at Seven Devils: 3.6 mi
Artworks: 36
  • Jessie: 3.2 mi
  • The Gardener: 3.2 mi
  • The Rock: 5.5 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 5.6 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 2.4 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 4.8 mi
  • Tweetsie Twister: 5.0 mi
  • F-80 Jet Planes: 5.0 mi
  • Tornado: 5.1 mi
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 15
Picnic sites: 12
Historic sites: 11
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 3.0 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 5.7 mi
  • Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Historic Dam Site: 6.6 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 11
Nature reserves: 9
Springs: 4
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 5.2 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.1 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Elk Shoals: 22.7 mi
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 24.5 mi
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Pigpen Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakWSW 243°1,804 m4.8 mi
Sugar MountainW 261°1,585 m8.0 mi
Hanging RockW 278°1,582 m5.1 mi
Flattop MountainWSW 255°1,502 m7.4 mi
Rocky KnobWNW 302°1,502 m7.4 mi
Peak MountainW 261°1,473 m5.7 mi
Pilot KnobSW 224°1,466 m4.2 mi
Rich MountainNNE 14°1,455 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1618:5219:25
December solstice07:3516:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340505764686761514234

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021895 — Pigpen Knob, Watauga County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357808599

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