Wolfden Knob
Wolfden Knob rises to 1,493 m in North Carolina. Craggy Dome stands 1,853 m to the east-northeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bull Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31644548, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1493 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 8.1 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 11.2 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bull Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Lane Pinnacle: 0.6 mi
- Rich Knob: 0.7 mi
- Richland Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Richland Knob: 1.0 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 4.6 mi
- The Slabs: 4.7 mi
- Lower Slab: 4.7 mi
- Formal Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Christmas Tree Stand: 4.9 mi
- Cascades Falls: 4.0 mi
- Douglas Falls: 4.2 mi
- Walker Falls: 6.8 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 6.8 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 7.8 mi
- Tennis Court: 1.6 mi
- Spring House: 1.6 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 1.6 mi
- Tool Shed: 1.6 mi
- Potato House: 1.6 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 7.3 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 8.4 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 10.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 4.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 7.8 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 9.1 mi
- Deco Gecko: 9.1 mi
- Passage: 9.2 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 7.7 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 7.7 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 8.9 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 8.9 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 9.0 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 5.5 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 8.0 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 8.9 mi
- Ironland: 9.1 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 12.0 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 3.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 5.2 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 7.7 mi
- Rocky Knob: 8.3 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 7.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 13.2 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 20.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 21.3 mi
- The Pinnacles: 21.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 9.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 9.5 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 9.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 11.1 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 17.6 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Wolfden Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Dome | ENE 66° | 1,853 m | 4.1 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,798 m | 4.8 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | ENE 64° | 1,780 m | 3.4 mi |
| Craggy Knob | E 79° | 1,699 m | 2.7 mi |
| Locust Knob | NE 55° | 1,671 m | 5.6 mi |
| Snowball Mountain | NE 45° | 1,626 m | 2.0 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | ENE 60° | 1,603 m | 2.5 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | E 94° | 1,583 m | 0.6 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 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| 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 | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809614
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- Asheville · 10 mi
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