Woodcock Knob
Woodcock Knob rises to 641 m in North Carolina. Pilot Knob stands 1,466 m to the north, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Phillips Branch Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31644560, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 641 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 6.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.6 mi off the Little Parkway
- 11.4 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Phillips Branch Falls: 0.2 mi
- Harper Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Destiny Falls: 1.9 mi
- Thorps Creek Falls: 2.1 mi
- South Harper Creek Falls: 2.5 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 1.4 mi
- Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 6.1 mi
- Point Park: 8.7 mi
- Crossnore Town Park: 9.5 mi
- Norris Clifton Park: 10.1 mi
- Yellow Buck Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Jackson Knob: 1.7 mi
- Little Chestnut Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Loose Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.2 mi
- The Gardener: 12.5 mi
- Jessie: 12.6 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 12.9 mi
- Four Trumpets: 13.0 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 13.2 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 3.3 mi
- Stack Rock: 8.9 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 9.1 mi
- Linville Caverns: 10.1 mi
- Daffodil Flats: 12.0 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 0.7 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 9.3 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 12.1 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 12.3 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 12.5 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 1.3 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 12.2 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 15.7 mi
- Raven Cliff: 3.2 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 5.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 9.4 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 4.7 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 12.2 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 12.4 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 12.4 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 15.8 mi
- Woods Walk: 9.3 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 12.8 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 17.3 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 17.6 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 17.7 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 10.0 mi
- Shanty Springs: 10.3 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 11.6 mi
- Gully Pipe: 12.0 mi
- Swimming beach: 16.2 mi
- Boat beach: 16.2 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 17.1 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 4.5 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 12.9 mi
- Mortimer: 1.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Woodcock Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | N 354° | 1,466 m | 9.3 mi |
| Grandmother Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,408 m | 7.8 mi |
| Beacon Heights | NNW 337° | 1,327 m | 8.6 mi |
| Little Bald | NW 324° | 1,307 m | 7.5 mi |
| Ball Ground Mountain | W 272° | 1,294 m | 7.4 mi |
| Gingercake Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,262 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cranberry Knob | W 279° | 1,258 m | 6.6 mi |
| Camp Creek Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,254 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 34 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809617
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- Hickory · 29 mi
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