Stoney Knob
Stoney Knob rises to 700 m in North Carolina. Rocky Knob stands 1,433 m to the east, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Louise Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. French Broad Overview passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31641787, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 700 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 5.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 14.6 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Louise Falls: 0.7 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
- Douglas Falls: 11.8 mi
- Cascades Falls: 11.8 mi
- Walker Falls: 13.6 mi
- Baird Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Goldview Knob: 1.4 mi
- Reynolds Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Gouch Peak: 2.1 mi
- Killian Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 0.8 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 1.5 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 1.6 mi
- Ledges Whitewater Park: 2.2 mi
- Lake View Park: 3.1 mi
- Giving Tree Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Riverside Cemetery Marker: 5.3 mi
- Overlook Castle: 5.4 mi
- 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Marker: 5.4 mi
- Jeter C. Pritchard Historical Marker: 5.5 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 4.1 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 6.7 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Italian Garden: 9.8 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 6.0 mi
- Passage: 6.1 mi
- Deco Gecko: 6.1 mi
- The Ties That Bind Asheville: 6.3 mi
- rooster: 6.5 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 0.9 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 5.9 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 5.9 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 6.0 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 6.0 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 4.6 mi
- Ironland: 6.0 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 8.6 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 9.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 10.0 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 3.4 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 9.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 11.3 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 13.3 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 13.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.7 mi
- Vann Cliff: 19.1 mi
- Raven Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 19.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 16.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.3 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.6 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 21.4 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 21.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 18.6 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 20.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 22.7 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 14.0 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 17.3 mi
- Wasp: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Stoney Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Knob | E 94° | 1,433 m | 7.3 mi |
| Richland Knob | E 89° | 1,429 m | 7.2 mi |
| Richland Mountain | E 89° | 1,429 m | 7.2 mi |
| Courthouse Knob | E 84° | 1,322 m | 6.9 mi |
| High Swan | E 100° | 1,300 m | 7.1 mi |
| Frosty Knob | NE 52° | 1,292 m | 7.0 mi |
| Lovelace Knob | ENE 66° | 1,264 m | 7.8 mi |
| Middle Mountain | NE 49° | 1,249 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809350
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