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Elk Knob

Elevation
1,688 m
#10,510
in the world
#2,895
in United States

Elk Knob is a mountain in United States, rising to 1,688 m, the 2,895th highest in United States, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Elevation
1,688 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
World rank
#10,510
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Elk Knob

Elk Knob lies in United States, in North Carolina.

Key facts

Elevation
1,688 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Range
Blue Ridge Mountains
Region
North Carolina
Coordinates
36.327, -81.677

How it ranks

Among peaks in United States
#2,895of 3,727
LargestSmallest
In the Blue Ridge Mountains
#5of 55
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#10,510of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Snake Mountain1,696 m2.8 km
Rich Mountain Bald1,634 m4.0 km
Rich Mountain1,445 m11 km
Howard Knob1,340 m11 km
Three Top Mountain1,483 m14 km
Mulatto Mountain1,312 m16 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Elk Knob.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
BooneUnited States18,15612 km
LenoirUnited States17,88848 km
BristolUnited States26,66655 km
BristolUnited States17,14155 km
Johnson CityUnited States66,02761 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.