Round Top Knob
Round Top Knob rises to 1,574 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the west-northwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sassafras Knob, a peak 1.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31639510, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,573.61 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 7.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 9.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.4 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 4 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 5 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rock Slab Falls: 2.7 mi
- Talking Falls: 4.6 mi
- Little River Upper Falls: 4.7 mi
- Trickling Falls: 5.1 mi
- Indian Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Arch Rock: 6.3 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 9.2 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 10.3 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 10.6 mi
- Rail Runner: 11.4 mi
- Sassafras Knob: 1.7 mi
- Jerry Bald: 1.9 mi
- Andrews Bald: 2.1 mi
- Mount Love: 2.2 mi
- Fork Ridge: 2.3 mi
- Ela Tuckkasegee River Public Access: 7.6 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 7.9 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 7.9 mi
- Bryson City Island Park: 8.2 mi
- MacNeill Park: 8.2 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 8.2 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 8.4 mi
- Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians: 8.4 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 8.8 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 9.1 mi
- Fort Harry: 6.3 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 9.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Alum Cave: 6.3 mi
- The Jumpoff: 7.1 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 12.0 mi
- Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Cat Stairs: 13.4 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 6.2 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 11.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Selu Statue: 10.3 mi
- Bear: 11.8 mi
- Fish: 17.4 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 17.8 mi
- Sylva Mural: 18.0 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 9.3 mi
- Vista Gardens: 11.4 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 20.2 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 6.4 mi
- Greenbrier: 12.6 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 23.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 13.9 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 23.4 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 21.8 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 21.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Round Top Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | WNW 294° | 2,025 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | N 10° | 2,010 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | WNW 289° | 2,004 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | N 10° | 2,004 m | 7.4 mi |
| Cliff Top | N 7° | 1,997 m | 7.3 mi |
| Myrtle Point | NNE 12° | 1,992 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Love | WNW 303° | 1,956 m | 2.2 mi |
| West Point | N 3° | 1,937 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 50 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newfound GAP, 5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 993761 — Roundtop Knob, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357784123
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