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Purchase Knob

Purchase Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Purchase Knob rises to 1,550 m in North Carolina. Cataloochee Balsam stands 1,819 m to the west, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is High Top, a peak 1.0 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 6.0 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31636765, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1550.02 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.58447, -83.06187

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • High Top: 1.0 mi
  • Moody Top: 2.5 mi
  • Middle Top: 2.5 mi
  • Hemphill Bald: 2.7 mi
  • Leatherwood Top: 2.9 mi
Parks: 60
  • Dog walking: 2.8 mi
  • Elevated Creek Park: 4.9 mi
  • Maggie Valley Playground: 5.0 mi
  • Lake Junaluska Playground: 6.2 mi
  • Waynesville Recreation Park: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls
  • Flat Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Plott Hound Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Campbell Creek Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Lyn Lowry Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Alyssa Falls: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Ghost Town Village: 4.6 mi
  • Masonic Monument: 7.0 mi
  • Lyn Lowry Cross: 8.7 mi
  • the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 9.2 mi
  • 1983 Plane Crash: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
Attractions: 13
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 1.4 mi
  • Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 6.4 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 7.7 mi
  • Soco Falls Overlook: 8.8 mi
  • Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 15.6 mi
Museums: 12
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Shook Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 13.0 mi
  • Mountain Farm Museum: 14.5 mi
  • Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 15.9 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Chief Junaluska: 6.3 mi
  • Berm Park: 15.1 mi
  • Selu Statue: 15.8 mi
  • Sylva Mural: 17.1 mi
  • Moai Statue: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Gardens: 5
Springs: 5
Rest areas: 4
Covered bridges: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Purchase Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cataloochee BalsamW 268°1,819 m6.4 mi
Balsam MountainW 268°1,811.24 m6.4 mi
Little Bald KnobSW 235°1,723.84 m4.0 mi
Spruce MountainWNW 288°1,721.21 m6.6 mi
Brown LeadSW 232°1,713 m4.6 mi
Hemphill BaldWSW 239°1,693.56 m2.7 mi
Sheepback KnobWSW 239°1,680.91 m4.2 mi
Whim KnobWSW 247°1,679.84 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:1820:1420:52
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3916:4417:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845536066696863534438

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 4 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357803311

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