Rock Knob
Rock Knob rises to 1,199 m in North Carolina. Craggy Dome stands 1,853 m to the northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Paynes Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31638408, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,199 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 9.0 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 9.0 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Paynes Knob: 0.8 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bartlett Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Swan Mountain: 1.5 mi
- High Swan: 1.6 mi
- Cascades Falls: 5.3 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.7 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 8.0 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 8.2 mi
- Walker Falls: 8.4 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 2.6 mi
- Formal Gardens: 2.7 mi
- The Slabs: 2.8 mi
- Lower Slab: 2.8 mi
- Christmas Tree Stand: 2.8 mi
- Potato House: 1.9 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 1.9 mi
- Tool Shed: 2.0 mi
- Spring House: 2.0 mi
- The Den: 2.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 6.7 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 6.7 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 3.3 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 6.2 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 8.1 mi
- Deco Gecko: 8.1 mi
- Passage: 8.2 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 6.5 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 7.8 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 7.9 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 7.9 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 8.0 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 7.6 mi
- Ironland: 8.1 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 8.2 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 10.1 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 10.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 5.4 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 5.5 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 8.6 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 11.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- The Pinnacles: 19.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 8.0 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 9.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 9.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 23.8 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.0 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 12.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.1 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Rock Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Dome | NE 42° | 1,853 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | NE 41° | 1,798 m | 6.0 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | NE 38° | 1,780 m | 4.6 mi |
| Craggy Knob | NE 43° | 1,699 m | 3.6 mi |
| Snowball Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,626 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | NNE 30° | 1,603 m | 3.9 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | N 10° | 1,583 m | 2.1 mi |
| Rich Knob | NNW 335° | 1,500 m | 2.2 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 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808991
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- Asheville · 9 mi
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