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Silver Creek Knob

Silver Creek Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Silver Creek Knob rises to 861 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the northeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Resurrection Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 2.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31426010, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
861 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.58346, -81.79704

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Mountains State Park - Clear Creek Access: 4.8 mi
  • Simpson Field: 9.3 mi
  • South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 9.5 mi
  • Glen Alpine Downtown Park: 10.0 mi
  • Glenwood Park: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 44
  • Resurrection Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Somey Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Sally Queen Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Shoal Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
Museums: 19
  • History Museum of Burke County: 12.6 mi
  • Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 12.7 mi
  • Historic Burke County Courthouse: 12.8 mi
  • Marion Train Depot: 13.8 mi
  • Bostic Lincoln Center: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • McDowell County Rest Area: 13.0 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 13.0 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 13.1 mi
  • Observation Deck: 22.5 mi
  • Brown Mountain View: 24.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 2
Springs: 2
  • Gully Pipe: 18.1 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Fox Den: 18.9 mi
  • Picnic Peninsula: 19.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 15.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Silver Creek Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Icy KnobNE 50°918 m3.1 mi
Hickory KnobNE 55°907 m4.0 mi
Propst MountainNE 47°905 m3.3 mi
Buzzard RoostNE 52°901 m3.8 mi
Walker TopNE 47°886 m6.0 mi
Rainbow MountainENE 69°874 m5.2 mi
Hickorynut MountainENE 75°870 m5.4 mi
Skull KnobENE 64°869 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:39
June solstice06:1320:0920:47
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3416:3917:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394249586673777569594841
Precip in4.33.74.44.34.14.84.44.84.63.83.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357809246

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