Wildcat Knob
Wildcat Knob rises to 757 m in North Carolina. Big Slaty stands 1,597 m to the northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lindley Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31644080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 757 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 7.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 11.9 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lindley Park: 0.8 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 3.8 mi
- Waterfall Park: 5.5 mi
- Welsh Field: 6.4 mi
- Edmondson Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Bergen Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Hicks Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Jerdon Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 2.5 mi
- Catawba Falls: 2.6 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 2.7 mi
- Davids Falls: 3.3 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 5.6 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 1.8 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 2.4 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 10.9 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 12.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 7.9 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 14.9 mi
- Terrace garden: 16.0 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 16.0 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 1.7 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 1.7 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 1.8 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 6.9 mi
- Historic Carson House: 9.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 7.8 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 15.4 mi
- Wake: 20.0 mi
- Deco Gecko: 20.0 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 20.0 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 1.7 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 10.1 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 12.5 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 12.9 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 16.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 7.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 9.4 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 13.0 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 13.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 14.1 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Worlds Edge: 14.9 mi
- The Pinnacles: 14.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 6.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 7.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 7.9 mi
- Gully Pipe: 22.8 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 10.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 10.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 10.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Boat beach: 20.5 mi
- Swimming beach: 20.6 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 11.7 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 13.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Wildcat Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Slaty | NW 313° | 1,597 m | 7.4 mi |
| Glass Rock Knob | NNW 332° | 1,471 m | 7.1 mi |
| Walker's Knob | NW 313° | 1,455 m | 6.9 mi |
| Forked Ridge Knob | NW 304° | 1,375 m | 7.3 mi |
| Laurel Knob | N 351° | 1,293 m | 6.8 mi |
| Brushy Knob | WNW 299° | 1,274 m | 7.3 mi |
| Thunder Knob | NW 313° | 1,245 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rocky Head | NW 305° | 1,225 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD FT 4 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1016677 — Wildcat Knob, McDowell County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357804094
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