Rice Knob
Rice Knob rises to 1,219 m in North Carolina. Snowball Mountain stands 1,626 m to the northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31637665, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,219 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.8 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 10.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 10.4 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Louise Falls: 5.1 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Cascades Falls: 7.7 mi
- Douglas Falls: 7.9 mi
- Walker Falls: 10.3 mi
- Elk Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Peach Knob: 1.1 mi
- Jones Knob: 1.6 mi
- Kits Knob: 1.9 mi
- Swan Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Masters Park: 3.1 mi
- The Slabs: 3.7 mi
- Lower Slab: 3.7 mi
- Charlie L. Bullman Park: 3.7 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 3.7 mi
- The Den: 2.0 mi
- Swimming Pool: 2.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 2.0 mi
- Tool Shed: 2.1 mi
- Potato House: 2.1 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 7.4 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Italian Garden: 8.8 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 2.6 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 5.6 mi
- Deco Gecko: 5.6 mi
- Passage: 5.7 mi
- Wake: 5.9 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 5.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 5.4 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 5.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 5.5 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 5.5 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 5.3 mi
- Ironland: 5.6 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 8.0 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 8.7 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 8.7 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 7.4 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.5 mi
- Rocky Knob: 11.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 11.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 20.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 21.3 mi
- The Pinnacles: 21.5 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 11.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 12.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 12.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 24.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 14.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 19.1 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 22.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 14.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Rice Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Mountain | NE 55° | 1,626 m | 5.6 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | ENE 65° | 1,583 m | 4.2 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | NE 51° | 1,499 m | 5.4 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | ENE 61° | 1,493 m | 3.6 mi |
| Bull Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,473 m | 3.3 mi |
| Little Snowball Mountain | NE 37° | 1,440 m | 5.5 mi |
| Rocky Knob | ENE 65° | 1,433 m | 2.6 mi |
| Richland Mountain | NE 50° | 1,429 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:42 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357803381
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- Asheville · 6 mi
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