Ross Knob
Ross Knob rises to 1,549 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the west-southwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cosby Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31686247, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,549.16 m
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 14.7 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 13.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.0 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 14 mi
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 14 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 14 mi
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cosby Knob: 0.7 mi
- Camel Hump Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Camel Hump Knob: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Face Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Sunup Knob: 2.1 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 2.0 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 2.0 mi
- Hen Wallow Falls: 3.3 mi
- West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Mouse Creek Falls: 3.7 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 13.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 14.8 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 14.9 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 16.2 mi
- Hellbender: 17.1 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 12.1 mi
- Mills Park: 14.1 mi
- Dog walking: 15.1 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 15.5 mi
- Elevated Creek Park: 15.5 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 15.9 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 16.1 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 17.1 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 17.9 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 17.9 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 11.9 mi
- Masonic Monument: 13.2 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 14.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 16.6 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 18.1 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 2.7 mi
- Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 7.1 mi
- Cat Stairs: 9.0 mi
- Stanley Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 10.7 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Bear: 17.2 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 18.5 mi
- Selu Statue: 18.7 mi
- Fish: 20.6 mi
- Veterans Statue: 22.9 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 3.0 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 4.4 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 9.6 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 13.9 mi
- Burnett Spring: 14.7 mi
- Vista Gardens: 17.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 18.3 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 18.4 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 20.5 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 6.8 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Greenbrier: 10.9 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 18.4 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 12.3 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Ross Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | WSW 248° | 2,019 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Chapman | WSW 237° | 1,960 m | 4.9 mi |
| Old Black | WSW 258° | 1,939 m | 3.3 mi |
| Luftee Knob | SSW 203° | 1,894 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | SW 233° | 1,883 m | 3.6 mi |
| Marks Knob | SW 222° | 1,878 m | 4.2 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,875 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Hardison | SW 229° | 1,875 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
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 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357811226
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