Weedy Knob
Weedy Knob rises to 1,509 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the south-southeast, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Falling Water Branch Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31643603, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1509 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.8 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 14.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 17.2 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 0.8 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 2.7 mi
- Galvladi Falls: 2.9 mi
- Guyot Falls: 3.3 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 3.4 mi
- Bearwallow Knob: 0.9 mi
- High Knob: 2.0 mi
- Deer Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Cattail Peak: 2.5 mi
- Weedy Cove Knob: 2.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Toe River Campground: 6.7 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 7.2 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 7.6 mi
- Lincoln Park: 7.6 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 7.2 mi
- Otway Burns: 7.2 mi
- Tennis Court: 13.4 mi
- Spring House: 13.4 mi
- Friends: 7.1 mi
- Stream: 7.1 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 7.1 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 7.1 mi
- Rock Bridge: 7.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 3.7 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 7.2 mi
- McElroy House: 7.2 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 13.7 mi
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival: 14.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 8.1 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 8.4 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 9.3 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 14.4 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 14.4 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 4.7 mi
- Terrace garden: 4.8 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 14.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 8.0 mi
- Rocky Knob: 8.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 9.5 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 19.2 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 20.9 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 20.6 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Coltens Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 7.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 7.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.5 mi
- Gully Pipe: 22.1 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 22.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 3.6 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 5.2 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 14.6 mi
- Boat beach: 23.8 mi
- Swimming beach: 23.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 19.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Lost Cove: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Weedy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | SSE 152° | 2,038 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Craig | SE 142° | 2,023 m | 3.2 mi |
| Balsam Cone | SE 126° | 2,007 m | 2.8 mi |
| Big Tom | SE 138° | 2,002 m | 3.1 mi |
| Cattail Peak | ESE 117° | 1,986 m | 2.5 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | S 174° | 1,981 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | S 173° | 1,971 m | 5.2 mi |
| Potato Knob | S 177° | 1,946 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 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 1016495 — Weedy Knob, Yancey County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357804016
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