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Sugar Knob

Sugar Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Sugar Knob rises to 904 m in North Carolina. Grandmother Mountain stands 1,408 m to the north, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Skidder Falls, a waterfall 1.2 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31641962, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
904 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.97180, -81.83678

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Skidder Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Upper South Harper Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
  • South Harper Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Burnthouse Branch Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Upper Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Parks
Artworks: 37
  • Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 12.2 mi
  • Mosaic Mural: 13.5 mi
  • Art & Frame Store: 13.5 mi
  • The Market on Oak: 13.6 mi
  • SPMS Billboard: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Linville Caverns: 6.8 mi
  • House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 7.1 mi
  • Stack Rock: 8.2 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 8.5 mi
  • Daffodil Flats: 10.2 mi
Museums: 21
Historic sites: 15
  • Mortimer memorial: 4.5 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 13.9 mi
  • Gillespie Gap: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
Gardens: 13
  • Mitchell Giving Gardens: 13.6 mi
  • Beall Street Community Gardens: 16.6 mi
  • Community Gardens: 16.7 mi
  • Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 18.8 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 9
Springs: 4
  • Shanty Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 10.0 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Sugar Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grandmother MountainN 357°1,408 m6.3 mi
Moore MountainNNW 338°1,344 m8.0 mi
Beacon HeightsN 3°1,327 m7.7 mi
Little BaldN 354°1,307 m5.8 mi
Humpback MountainWSW 255°1,295 m7.2 mi
Hawshaw MountainNW 312°1,295 m7.6 mi
Ball Ground MountainW 268°1,294 m3.6 mi
Gingercake MountainSW 233°1,262 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:39
June solstice06:1220:1020:48
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3516:3817:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138475561656459494034
Precip in5.03.95.45.96.06.46.25.86.55.04.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1015925 — Sugar Knob, Burke County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357803793

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