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Howard Knob

Elevation
1,340 m
#11,942
in the world
#3,257
in United States

Howard Knob is a mountain in United States, rising to 1,340 m, the 3,257th highest we list in United States, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Range
#23 in the range
Nearest town
1.6 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Howard Knob

Howard Knob lies in United States, in North Carolina.

Key facts

Elevation
1,340 m (4,396 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
North Carolina
Coordinates
36.231, -81.676

How it ranks

Among peaks in United States
#3,257of 3,727
LargestSmallest
In the Blue Ridge Mountains
#23of 55
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#11,942of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Rich Mountain1,445 m2.7 km
Rich Mountain1,280 m7.3 km
Rich Mountain Bald1,634 m9.8 km
Elk Knob1,688 m11 km
Snake Mountain1,696 m12 km
Hanging Rock1,586 m16 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Howard Knob.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
BooneUnited States18,1561.6 km
LenoirUnited States17,88837 km
MorgantonUnited States16,69254 km
BristolUnited States26,66661 km
BristolUnited States17,14161 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.