Roper Knob
Roper Knob rises to 697 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the southwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Kaylor Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31425818, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 697 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 12.7 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 20 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 22 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 22 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 5.1 mi
- Black Mountain Falls: 5.3 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 5.7 mi
- Kaylor Knob: 0.4 mi
- Walker Top: 0.5 mi
- Burkemont Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Krunkleton Knob: 1.7 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.0 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Clear Creek Access: 1.9 mi
- Carbon City Park: 5.7 mi
- Shuey Park: 5.7 mi
- Simpson Field: 5.9 mi
- Drexel Heritage Park: 6.0 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 6.7 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 6.7 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 6.8 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 10.9 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 16.4 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 12.9 mi
- Four Trumpets: 20.5 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 20.6 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 20.8 mi
- Across the Grain: 20.8 mi
- Something Rotten: 12.0 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 12.1 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 12.1 mi
- Wild Percussion: 12.2 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 12.2 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 6.9 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 7.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 16.3 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 18.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.8 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 21.3 mi
- Swimming beach: 11.2 mi
- Boat beach: 11.2 mi
- Fox Den: 12.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 12.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 16.1 mi
- Gully Pipe: 16.1 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 20.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 21.3 mi
- Mortimer: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Roper Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | SW 215° | 918 m | 3.3 mi |
| Hickory Knob | SSW 202° | 907 m | 2.5 mi |
| Propst Mountain | SW 218° | 905 m | 3.0 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SSW 209° | 901 m | 2.7 mi |
| Walker Top | S 170° | 886 m | 0.5 mi |
| Benn Knob | SSE 150° | 882 m | 6.8 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | SSE 169° | 874 m | 2.9 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | SSE 165° | 870 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022390 — Roper Knob, Burke County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809078
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 23 mi
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