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Round Top Knob

Round Top Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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
1573.61 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.54901, -83.45989

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • 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
Attractions
Parks: 44
  • 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
Museums: 21
Cliffs: 16
Artworks: 12
Picnic sites: 11
Gardens: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Springs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • 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 8.8 miles of Round Top Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KuwohiWNW 294°2,024.79 m2.4 mi
Mount le Conte - High TopN 10°2,009.55 m7.4 mi
Mt. BuckleyWNW 289°2,004.12 m2.8 mi
Mount Le ConteN 10°2,004 m7.4 mi
Cliff TopN 7°1,996.55 m7.3 mi
Myrtle PointNNE 12°1,991.56 m7.4 mi
Mount LoveWNW 303°1,955.79 m2.2 mi
West PointN 3°1,937.31 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1219:46
June solstice06:1920:1520:53
September equinox07:2218:5919:32
December solstice07:4016:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339485662666460504135
Precip in6.86.06.66.06.26.17.35.15.45.45.97.0

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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