Walker Knob
Walker Knob rises to 1,665 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the east-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Glassmine Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31643290, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1665 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.4 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 13.6 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Blackstock Knob: 1.2 mi
- Point Misery: 1.5 mi
- Locust Knob: 1.5 mi
- Little Butt: 2.0 mi
- Patton Knob: 2.1 mi
- Welsh Field: 7.4 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 8.5 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 8.6 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 8.7 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 8.9 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 0.9 mi
- Walker Falls: 1.1 mi
- Douglas Falls: 2.8 mi
- Cascades Falls: 3.1 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 3.7 mi
- Tennis Court: 8.6 mi
- Spring House: 8.6 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 8.6 mi
- Tool Shed: 8.6 mi
- Potato House: 8.6 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 9.2 mi
- Terrace garden: 9.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 11.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 10.2 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 11.6 mi
- Friends: 11.9 mi
- Stream: 11.9 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 11.9 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 5.4 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 6.7 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 10.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 12.0 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 15.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 4.2 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 9.1 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 11.9 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 11.9 mi
- McElroy House: 11.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 3.2 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 4.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 14.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 5.7 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 19.4 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 24.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 19.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 4.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 5.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 11.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 4.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 8.5 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 24.5 mi
- Lost Cove: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Walker Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | ENE 73° | 2,038 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Craig | ENE 64° | 2,023 m | 4.7 mi |
| Balsam Cone | ENE 57° | 2,007 m | 5.4 mi |
| Big Tom | ENE 63° | 2,002 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cattail Peak | NE 52° | 1,986 m | 5.7 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | ESE 106° | 1,981 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | ESE 102° | 1,971 m | 2.9 mi |
| Potato Knob | ESE 115° | 1,946 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1016404 — Walker Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357803983
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 17 mi
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