Raven Knob
Raven Knob rises to 1,099 m in North Carolina. Craggy Pinnacle stands 1,780 m to the east-southeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Grassy Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31637205, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1099 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.1 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 8.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 11.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Grassy Knob: 0.7 mi
- Frosty Knob: 0.9 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Lovelace Knob: 1.1 mi
- Haw Knob: 1.2 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 5.2 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 5.5 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 5.6 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 6.3 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 7.9 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.4 mi
- Cascades Falls: 5.6 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 6.4 mi
- Walker Falls: 6.7 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 7.8 mi
- Tennis Court: 4.4 mi
- Spring House: 4.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 4.4 mi
- Swimming Pool: 4.4 mi
- Tool Shed: 4.4 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 8.3 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 12.1 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 12.3 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 7.7 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 10.6 mi
- Deco Gecko: 10.6 mi
- Passage: 10.7 mi
- Wake: 11.0 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 6.2 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 8.0 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 10.3 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 10.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 10.5 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 3.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 4.8 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 9.8 mi
- Ironland: 10.6 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 13.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 10.5 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 16.3 mi
- Vann Cliff: 22.6 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 23.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 24.0 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 4.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.0 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 8.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 10.6 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 12.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 11.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 11.6 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 11.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 19.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 23.7 mi
- Lost Cove: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Raven Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Pinnacle | ESE 110° | 1,780 m | 5.5 mi |
| Craggy Knob | ESE 121° | 1,699 m | 5.6 mi |
| Snowball Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,626 m | 4.0 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | ESE 117° | 1,603 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | SE 142° | 1,583 m | 4.4 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSE 159° | 1,500 m | 3.9 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | ESE 119° | 1,499 m | 3.6 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | SSE 149° | 1,493 m | 4.0 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 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 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 | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022164 — Raven Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808847
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- Asheville · 12 mi
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