Stones Knob

Stones Knob is a peak in South Toe Township, Yancey, North Carolina and has an elevation of 3,960 feet. Stones Knob is situated nearby to the hamlet Hamrick, as well as near Busick.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buck Creek and Crabtree Falls.

Mountain saddle

Buck Creek Gap is a mountain pass along the Blue Ridge Mountains. NC 80 connects with the Blue Ridge Parkway at the gap, where it travelers can go either towards Burnsville, Marion, Mount Mitchell or Little Switzerland.

Nearby places include Little Switzerland.

Little Switzerland is an unincorporated community in McDowell and Mitchell counties of North Carolina, United States. It is located along North Carolina Highway 226A off the Blue Ridge Parkway, directly north of Marion and south of Spruce Pine. Little Switzerland is situated 6 miles northeast of Stones Knob.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 3,960 feet
Description: mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: South Toe Township, Yancey, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.80067° or 35° 48′ 2″ north

Longitude

-82.17901° or 82° 10′ 44″ west

Elevation

3,960 feet (1,207 metres)

Open location code

867VRR2C+79

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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