Watch Knob
Watch Knob rises to 955 m in North Carolina. Craggy Dome stands 1,853 m to the north-northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Four Brothers Knobs, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.7 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31643459, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 955 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 7.3 mi off the Drovers Road
- 10.3 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Cascades Falls: 6.4 mi
- Douglas Falls: 6.9 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 8.1 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 8.9 mi
- Davids Falls: 9.3 mi
- Four Brothers Knobs: 0.9 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Bartlett Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Rock Knob: 1.8 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 1.9 mi
- Charles D. Owen District Park: 1.4 mi
- Christmas Tree Stand: 1.5 mi
- Formal Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 1.8 mi
- Entry-Way Garden: 1.9 mi
- Potato House: 3.6 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 3.6 mi
- The Den: 3.6 mi
- Tool Shed: 3.6 mi
- Spring House: 3.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 5.2 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 7.2 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 3.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 4.8 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 8.1 mi
- Deco Gecko: 8.1 mi
- Wake: 8.2 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 5.4 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 7.8 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 7.9 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 7.9 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 8.0 mi
- Ironland: 8.1 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 8.5 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 9.3 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 10.0 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 10.6 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 5.7 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.7 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 7.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 8.8 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 7.3 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 10.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 17.7 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 6.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 9.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 9.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 22.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 22.3 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 12.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 17.2 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.5 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Watch Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Dome | NNE 27° | 1,853 m | 6.1 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | NNE 23° | 1,780 m | 5.7 mi |
| Craggy Knob | NNE 23° | 1,699 m | 4.6 mi |
| Snowball Mountain | N 6° | 1,626 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | NNE 14° | 1,603 m | 5.2 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | N 356° | 1,583 m | 3.7 mi |
| Rich Knob | NNW 337° | 1,500 m | 3.9 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | N 1° | 1,499 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Black MTN 2 W, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023124 — Watch Knob, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809532
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