Peak · North Carolina
Turkey Knob
Turkey Knob rises to 1,136 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the north-northeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bearwallow Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Drovers Road passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31642852, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1136 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.45178, -82.36317
- 2.0 mi off the Drovers Road
- 3.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 9.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.0 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 2 mi
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- Exclamation Point · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bearwallow Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Wethero Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Little Bearwallow Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Mitchell Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Pastures: 1.8 mi
Waterfalls
- Bead and Lace Falls: 1.4 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 1.7 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
- Tom's Falls: 3.9 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 4.5 mi
Parks
- Edneyville Community Park: 4.5 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 6.4 mi
- The Gathering Place: 6.5 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 7.0 mi
- Fletcher Park: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 38
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 2.5 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 4.2 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 8.1 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 11.0 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 14.3 mi
Gardens: 25
- Columbarium Garden: 9.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 10.7 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 11.9 mi
- Spring Garden: 12.1 mi
Museums: 23
- Historic Johnson Farm: 10.5 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 10.8 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 10.9 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 11.6 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 18
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 6.9 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 9.7 mi
- Southern X793: 10.5 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 10.8 mi
- Historical Downtown: 10.9 mi
Artworks: 16
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 10.3 mi
- Statue of Diana: 12.0 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 13.2 mi
- Wake: 14.3 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Raven Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- The Pinnacles: 6.2 mi
- Worlds Edge: 7.2 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Florence Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 10.1 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 10.3 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 9.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Springs: 5
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 11.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 12.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 18.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 22.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 22.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 14.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Mountain Springs Lane: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Turkey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,341 m | 3.8 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,281 m | 0.7 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NE 37° | 1,225 m | 4.6 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | NE 46° | 1,208 m | 1.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,208 m | 6.2 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,160 m | 4.3 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | NNW 348° | 1,152 m | 1.8 mi |
| Bank Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,128 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809480
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