Pine Knob
Pine Knob rises to 728 m in North Carolina. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,362 m to the northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31635208, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 728 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.2 mi off the Little Parkway
- 7.7 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 8.4 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 3 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 3 mi
- Moses Cone Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sterling Creek Park: 4.1 mi
- Blowing Rock City Park: 4.5 mi
- Broyhill Park: 4.6 mi
- High Gravity Adventures: 4.7 mi
- Blowing Rock Pool: 4.7 mi
- Silvervale Falls: 4.5 mi
- New Year's Creek Cascades: 4.6 mi
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 4.6 mi
- Glen Burney Falls: 4.6 mi
- Lower Glen Marie Falls: 4.6 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 0.5 mi
- Raven Rock Knob: 0.9 mi
- Curtis Knob: 1.7 mi
- Sampson Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Thunder Hill: 2.7 mi
- The Gardener: 4.4 mi
- Jessie: 4.5 mi
- Founders Bell: 8.0 mi
- Founders Mall: 8.1 mi
- Aspire: 8.2 mi
- Mystery House: 4.1 mi
- Mystery Hill: 4.2 mi
- Ferris Wheel: 4.8 mi
- Planes & Helicopters: 4.8 mi
- Tilt-a-Whirl: 4.8 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 4.2 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 4.4 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 4.4 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 5.6 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 4.6 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 10.9 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 12.3 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 13.2 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 4.6 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 7.1 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 8.2 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Woods Walk: 13.5 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 12.8 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 13.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 7.7 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 8.2 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 8.3 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 8.4 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 6.0 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 17.8 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 10.7 mi
- Shanty Springs: 12.0 mi
- Mortimer: 12.5 mi
- Elk Shoals: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Pine Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NW 309° | 1,362 m | 5.4 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NW 304° | 1,281 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bentley Knob | N 351° | 1,256 m | 3.2 mi |
| Goshen Hill | NNW 349° | 1,197 m | 4.4 mi |
| Green Knob | WNW 291° | 1,196 m | 6.9 mi |
| Deck Hill | NW 319° | 1,186 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | N 1° | 1,185 m | 2.5 mi |
| Raven Rocks | WNW 290° | 1,181 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808623
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