Sheepwallow Knob
Sheepwallow Knob rises to 1,330 m in North Carolina. Mount Gibbes stands 1,971 m to the east-southeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pigpen Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31640416, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,330 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.8 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 11.8 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 12.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 10.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 10.3 mi
- Welsh Field: 10.4 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 10.6 mi
- Pigpen Knob: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Cliff Knob: 0.4 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain: 0.9 mi
- High Knob: 1.0 mi
- Ivy Knob: 1.5 mi
- Walker Falls: 2.4 mi
- Douglas Falls: 4.1 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cascades Falls: 4.7 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 4.7 mi
- Tennis Court: 8.6 mi
- Spring House: 8.7 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 8.7 mi
- Tool Shed: 8.7 mi
- Potato House: 8.7 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Terrace garden: 10.2 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 11.4 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.5 mi
- Friends: 10.6 mi
- Stream: 10.6 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 10.6 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 10.6 mi
- Rock Bridge: 10.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 6.7 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 9.8 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 10.6 mi
- McElroy House: 10.6 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 11.8 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 2.9 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 3.4 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 13.3 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 15.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 15.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 4.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 7.2 mi
- Rocky Knob: 8.0 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 14.0 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 16.0 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 20.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.4 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 24.4 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 24.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 8.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 8.6 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 6.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 20.1 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 24.6 mi
- Lost Cove: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Sheepwallow Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Gibbes | ESE 117° | 1,971 m | 6.2 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | SE 127° | 1,910 m | 4.7 mi |
| Craggy Dome | S 169° | 1,853 m | 5.2 mi |
| Patton Knob | SE 126° | 1,828 m | 5.5 mi |
| Big Butt | ENE 77° | 1,807 m | 2.2 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | SSE 161° | 1,798 m | 4.6 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | S 176° | 1,780 m | 5.3 mi |
| Point Misery | ESE 106° | 1,736 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022583 — Sheepwallow Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809213
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