Potato Knob
Potato Knob rises to 873 m in North Carolina. Lane Pinnacle stands 1,583 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is High Hickory Knob, a peak 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31636530, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 873 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.0 mi off the Drovers Road
- 6.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.2 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 8.9 mi
- Tom's Falls: 9.0 mi
- Davids Falls: 9.4 mi
- Cascades Falls: 9.7 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 9.9 mi
- High Hickory Knob: 1.6 mi
- Flat Top: 1.7 mi
- Jones Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Big Cedar Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Little Cedar Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Charles D. Owen District Park: 2.2 mi
- Christmas Tree Stand: 2.4 mi
- Entry-Way Garden: 2.4 mi
- Formal Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 2.9 mi
- The Den: 6.5 mi
- Potato House: 6.5 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 6.5 mi
- Tool Shed: 6.5 mi
- Swimming Pool: 6.5 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 4.7 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 7.7 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 6.2 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 7.3 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 7.3 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 7.4 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 7.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 4.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 4.9 mi
- Wake: 7.4 mi
- Deco Gecko: 7.6 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 7.6 mi
- Ironland: 7.6 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 8.3 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 8.5 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 9.2 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 12.1 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.4 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 8.5 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 6.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 9.4 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 14.8 mi
- The Pinnacles: 14.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 6.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 12.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 12.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 18.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.1 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 15.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 19.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 21.9 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 13.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Potato Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Pinnacle | N 360° | 1,583 m | 7.1 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | N 355° | 1,493 m | 7.2 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NNW 347° | 1,433 m | 6.6 mi |
| Richland Knob | NNW 348° | 1,429 m | 7.4 mi |
| Richland Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,429 m | 7.4 mi |
| Little Pisgah Mountain | SE 137° | 1,341 m | 7.4 mi |
| Jesses High Top | E 91° | 1,326 m | 3.7 mi |
| High Windy | E 97° | 1,321 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:42 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022059 — Potato Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808771
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 8 mi
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