Tomkins Knob
Tomkins Knob rises to 1,245 m in North Carolina. Bald Mountain stands 1,502 m to the north-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring House, a attraction 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Tomkins Mountain (variant names: Thomkins Knob, Thompkins Knob and Tompkins Knob) is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, near the community of Deep Gap. The majority of the mountain is within the Blue Ridge Parkway. Its elevation reaches 4,075 feet (1,242 m) and it also marks the corner between Ashe, Watauga, and Wilkes counties. Split along the Eastern Continental Divide, it generates feeder streams to both the South Fork New River (via West Fork Pine Swamp Creek) and Yadkin River (via South Prong Lewis Fork). Laurel Spur Ridge juts out south from the mountain; while Husons Ridge goes northwest, marking the Ashe/Watauga county line.
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Wikidata Q7818999, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,245 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 1.4 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 11.0 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 12.2 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Elk Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Stoney Fork Overlook · 2 mi
- Osborne Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Lewis Fork Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Mountain Community Pond: 5.0 mi
- Staghorn Falls: 5.1 mi
- OutDoor Activity Center (OAC): 5.1 mi
- Todd Island Park: 6.0 mi
- New River Park: 6.6 mi
- Fire Scale Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Wolf Knob: 1.8 mi
- Henson Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Osborne Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Betsy's Rock Falls: 5.0 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 6.5 mi
- Dugger Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Amadehy Falls: 9.7 mi
- Nana Falls: 10.2 mi
- Founders Bell: 11.3 mi
- Founders Mall: 11.4 mi
- Aspire: 11.4 mi
- Tetness, the Polar Bear: 11.5 mi
- Transit Candy: 11.5 mi
- Spring House: 0.7 mi
- Cool Springs Baptist Church: 0.7 mi
- Jesse Brown Cabin: 0.7 mi
- Foggy Mountain Gem Mine: 10.4 mi
- Ferris Wheel: 10.6 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Forestry Center: 10.4 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 10.8 mi
- Children's Playhouse: 10.8 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 11.0 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 13.5 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 13.6 mi
- Smitheys Creek Public Use Area: 14.2 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Alligator Back: 20.4 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 21.3 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 22.2 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 10.7 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 11.0 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 11.3 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 11.5 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 11.7 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 9.7 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 11.4 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 13.8 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 19.9 mi
- Shanty Springs: 21.0 mi
- Elk Shoals: 9.0 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Mortimer: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Tomkins Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,502 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pine Orchard Knob | WNW 303° | 1,490 m | 11.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 313° | 1,406 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Jefferson | N 4° | 1,405 m | 11.3 mi |
| Laurel Knob Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,380 m | 9.5 mi |
| Howard Knob | W 267° | 1,343 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mulatto Mountain | NNW 348° | 1,306 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bentley Knob | SW 233° | 1,256 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357811149
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