Rocky Knob
Rocky Knob rises to 1,478 m in North Carolina. Big Butt stands 1,807 m to the southeast, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Campground Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 7.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1022359).
Wikidata Q31638864, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,478 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 5.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.1 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 15.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 4.8 mi
- Walker Falls: 5.0 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 6.7 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 6.8 mi
- Douglas Falls: 7.0 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 8.3 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 8.6 mi
- Lincoln Park: 8.8 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 9.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
- Campground Knob: 0.8 mi
- Tharp Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bailey Cabin Knob: 0.9 mi
- Coxcomb Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Ivy Knob: 1.4 mi
- Otway Burns: 8.3 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.3 mi
- Tennis Court: 11.2 mi
- Spring House: 11.2 mi
- Friends: 8.2 mi
- Stream: 8.3 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 8.3 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 8.3 mi
- Rock Bridge: 8.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 7.9 mi
- McElroy House: 8.3 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 8.3 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 9.0 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 13.5 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 9.7 mi
- Terrace garden: 9.7 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 11.3 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 16.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 3.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 4.8 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 14.3 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 17.5 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 17.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.9 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 22.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 22.6 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 10.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 10.4 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 15.8 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 16.0 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 10.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 10.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 16.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 24.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 24.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 7.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
- Lost Cove: 17.2 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Rocky Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Butt | SE 135° | 1,807 m | 3.4 mi |
| Point Misery | SE 141° | 1,736 m | 4.7 mi |
| Flat Spring Knob | SE 127° | 1,728 m | 3.3 mi |
| Little Butt | SE 141° | 1,708 m | 4.1 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | SE 126° | 1,683 m | 6.8 mi |
| Locust Knob | SSE 161° | 1,671 m | 6.8 mi |
| Walker Knob | SSE 150° | 1,665 m | 5.9 mi |
| Ogle Ridge | E 83° | 1,664 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022359 — Rocky Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809044
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