Rocky Knob
Rocky Knob rises to 1,052 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Dill Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1022355).
Wikidata Q31638628, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,052 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 4.9 mi off the Drovers Road
- 10.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.7 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 4 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 5 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 6 mi
- Exclamation Point · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Broad River Falls: 3.7 mi
- Tom's Falls: 3.8 mi
- Davids Falls: 4.5 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 5.0 mi
- Catawba Falls: 5.2 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 5.5 mi
- Town Square: 5.7 mi
- Youth Center Park: 5.7 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 5.9 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 5.9 mi
- Dill Knob: 1.3 mi
- Blue Rock Knob: 2.6 mi
- Cross Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Miller Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Blue Rock Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 5.1 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 8.8 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 9.4 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 10.4 mi
- Potato House: 12.8 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 4.3 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- Spring Garden: 14.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 14.6 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 5.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.7 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 8.7 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 15.1 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 15.1 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 8.0 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 8.7 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.6 mi
- Ironland: 15.3 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 15.3 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 4.9 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 11.6 mi
- Statue of Diana: 14.4 mi
- Wake: 15.1 mi
- Deco Gecko: 15.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 10.2 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 10.2 mi
- Rocky Knob: 10.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 9.1 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 9.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 9.7 mi
- Worlds Edge: 10.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 3.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 11.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 11.6 mi
- Lenox Spring: 18.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.9 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 15.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 19.1 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Rocky Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | SW 221° | 1,341 m | 3.5 mi |
| Jesses High Top | NW 306° | 1,326 m | 4.5 mi |
| High Windy | NW 309° | 1,321 m | 3.3 mi |
| Black Knob | WNW 297° | 1,291 m | 3.3 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | SW 214° | 1,281 m | 6.5 mi |
| High Top | NW 322° | 1,263 m | 3.4 mi |
| High Hickory Knob | WNW 294° | 1,231 m | 6.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | SSW 209° | 1,225 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022355 — Rocky Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809038
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 15 mi
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