Potato Knob
Potato Knob rises to 1,946 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the north-northeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Clingmans Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.3 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America, United States of America; geonames ID = 4486352.
Wikidata Q31636582, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,946 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 15.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 15.7 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Welsh Field: 6.0 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 6.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 7.8 mi
- Clingmans Peak: 0.5 mi
- Mount Gibbes: 0.7 mi
- Patton Knob: 0.7 mi
- Cherry Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.3 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 2.3 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 3.3 mi
- Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 3.8 mi
- Setrock Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 9.3 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 9.6 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 10.1 mi
- Spring House: 10.1 mi
- Tennis Court: 10.1 mi
- Terrace garden: 8.6 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 8.6 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 8.7 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 10.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 9.4 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 12.7 mi
- Friends: 12.9 mi
- Stream: 12.9 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 12.9 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 8.0 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 8.1 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 9.4 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 9.6 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 16.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 2.9 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 8.0 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 9.3 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 9.4 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 13.0 mi
- Rocky Knob: 2.3 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 4.3 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 5.2 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 16.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 4.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 19.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 22.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 22.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 2.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 2.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 9.8 mi
- Gully Pipe: 22.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 17.9 mi
- Boat beach: 23.2 mi
- Swimming beach: 23.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 3.0 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 7.2 mi
- Lost Cove: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potato Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | NNE 31° | 2,038 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Craig | NNE 27° | 2,023 m | 3.7 mi |
| Balsam Cone | NNE 26° | 2,007 m | 4.6 mi |
| Big Tom | NNE 27° | 2,002 m | 3.9 mi |
| Cattail Peak | NNE 22° | 1,986 m | 5.0 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | NE 39° | 1,981 m | 0.5 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | NNE 28° | 1,971 m | 0.7 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNE 23° | 1,942 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022061 — Potato Knob, Yancey County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808775
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