Elk Knob State Park
Elk Knob State Park is a 4,423-acre North Carolina state park in Watauga County, North Carolina, in the United States. Opened in 2003, it is one of North Carolina's newest state parks.Photo: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elk Knob and Snake Mountain.
Elk Knob
Peak
Elk Knob is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, north of the community of Meat Camp. Its elevation reaches 5,538 feet. The mountain is the headwaters of the North Fork New River and feeder creeks to the South Fork New River.
Snake Mountain
Peak
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Snake Mountain is a mountain located along the border of North Carolina and Tennessee, east of the community of Zionville, in the southeastern United States. Snake Mountain is situated 2 miles west of Elk Knob State Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meat Camp and Zionville.
Meat Camp
Hamlet
Meat Camp is an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. It is supposedly named after a primitive packing house used by hunters since before the Revolutionary War. Meat Camp is situated 2 miles south of Elk Knob State Park.
Zionville
Hamlet
Zionville in an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina. The community lies at the North Carolina/Tennessee state line, between Boone and Mountain City, along Old US Highway 421. Zionville is situated 4 miles west of Elk Knob State Park.
Trade
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Trade is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Tennessee. The easternmost community in the state, Trade is located between the towns of Mountain City, Tennessee, and Boone, North Carolina, along US 421. Trade is situated 4 miles west of Elk Knob State Park.
Elk Knob State Park
- Type: Park
- Description: State park in North Carolina, United States
- Category: North Carolina state park
- Location: Watauga County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Elk Knob State Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Elk Knob State Natural Area”
- French: “parc d’État d’Elk Knob”
- French: “Parc d’État d’Elk Knob”
- French: “Parc d’État de Elk Knob”
- Russian: “Элк-Ноб (парк штата)”
- Russian: “Элк-Ноб”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rittle Knob and Maine Cemetery.
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