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Rocky Knob

Rocky Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Knob rises to 1,332 m in North Carolina. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the east-northeast, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Ellison Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 5.7 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America; geonames ID = 4488714.

Wikidata Q31638850, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,332 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.32179, -81.72817

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Howards Knob County Park: 6.9 mi
  • Green Valley Community Park: 7.1 mi
  • Junaluska City Park: 7.3 mi
  • North Street Park: 7.4 mi
  • Walter & Annie Cook Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Crab Orchard Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Dutch Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
  • She Falls Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Hebron Colony Falls: 11.5 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 28
  • Mountain Magic Resort: 7.7 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 8.0 mi
  • Foggy Mountain Gem Mine: 9.9 mi
  • Tweetsie Twister: 11.1 mi
  • F-80 Jet Planes: 11.1 mi
Artworks: 17
  • Doc Watson Statue: 7.5 mi
  • Hellbenders: 7.5 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 7.6 mi
  • Time and Honor: 7.6 mi
  • The Magic Mailbox: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 13
Picnic sites: 11
  • Elk Knob Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Trials Playground: 10.8 mi
  • Potters Truck Stop: 11.0 mi
  • Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 7
Springs: 5
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 15.4 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Cave Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Brig Spring: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Elk Shoals: 16.7 mi
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Rocky Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake MountainENE1,697 m1.3 mi
Rich MountainSE1,633 m0.9 mi
The PeakNE1,573 m7.3 mi
Bluff MountainENE1,542 m9.9 mi
Old Field BaldENE1,506 m5.4 mi
Bald MountainENE1,502 m9.9 mi
Pine Orchard KnobE1,490 m4.6 mi
Harmon KnobSSE1,466 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1020:49
September equinox07:1618:5219:25
December solstice07:3516:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441495865686761514135
Precip in4.43.64.85.55.55.65.15.65.74.74.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357783911

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