Rainy Knobs
Rainy Knobs rises to 1,157 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the north-northeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockhouse Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Whitewater Way passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31636893, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,157 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 1.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 6.3 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 9.7 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 3 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 4 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 15 mi
- Wolf Mountain Overlook (MP 424.8) · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rockhouse Falls: 1.0 mi
- Bestos Falls: 1.1 mi
- Twin Falls: 1.1 mi
- Joe Pack Falls: 1.2 mi
- Miller Falls: 1.2 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 4.1 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 5.4 mi
- Cashiers Village Green Park: 5.8 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 8.2 mi
- Bearpen Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Knobs: 1.6 mi
- Sassafras Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Roundtop: 2.3 mi
- Buck Knob: 2.5 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- River Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 10.3 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 10.0 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 15.1 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 15.4 mi
- Chattooga Town: 16.0 mi
- Oconee Station: 17.6 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 11.0 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 17.8 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 18.0 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 18.4 mi
- American Museum of the House Cat: 21.1 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 10.0 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 15.6 mi
- M1: 17.9 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 19.5 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 21.1 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 11.6 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 18.5 mi
- Common Gardening: 19.8 mi
- English Garden: 22.1 mi
- Franklin Garden: 22.3 mi
- Ear: 17.7 mi
- Chalice: 18.0 mi
- American Eclipse: 18.1 mi
- Moai Statue: 23.0 mi
- Sylva Mural: 23.0 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 5.1 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 9.9 mi
- North Beach: 18.4 mi
- South Beach: 19.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- South: 19.8 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 7.0 mi
- Moody Spring: 11.4 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 22.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Rainy Knobs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,452 m | 2.8 mi |
| Cold Mountain | N 10° | 1,414 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NW 317° | 1,406 m | 6.6 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | W 279° | 1,401 m | 3.6 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,392 m | 3.2 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,386 m | 3.2 mi |
| Laurel Knob | NW 324° | 1,380 m | 5.2 mi |
| Blackrock Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,370 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808819
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