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Tomkins Knob

Tomkins Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

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.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1245 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.24068, -81.47732

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Waterfalls: 46
  • The Cascades: 1.4 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
Artworks: 32
Attractions: 26
Museums: 15
Gardens: 10
Nature reserves: 10
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 8
Historic sites: 7
Springs: 2
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNW 333°1,502 m9.9 mi
Black MountainNW 313°1,406 m10.4 mi
Mount JeffersonN 4°1,405 m11.3 mi
Laurel Knob MountainNNW 327°1,380 m9.5 mi
Howard KnobW 267°1,343 m11.1 mi
Mulatto MountainNNW 348°1,306 m7.6 mi
Bentley KnobSW 233°1,256 m9.4 mi
Rocky KnobWSW 258°1,228 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0419:38
June solstice06:1020:0920:47
September equinox07:1518:5119:24
December solstice07:3416:3517:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441495865686761514135
Precip in4.43.64.85.55.55.65.15.65.74.74.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357811149

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