Black Balsam Knob, Pisgah National Forest

Name: Black Balsam Knob
Address: Pisgah National Forest, United States

#4 among attractions in Pisgah National Forest

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Black Balsam Knob, Pisgah National Forest

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Black Balsam Knob, also known as Black Balsam Bald, is in the Pisgah National Forest southwest of Asheville, North Carolina, near milepost 420 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is the second highest mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains. The Great Balsams are within the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are part of the Appalachian Mountains. It is the 23rd highest of the 40 mountains in North Carolina over 6000 feet. ()

Elevation: 6214 ftProminence: 989 ftCoordinates: 35°19'40"N, 82°52'28"W

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Day trips

Black Balsam Knob – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Art Loeb Trail, Graveyard Fields, Sliding Rock, Moore Cove Falls.

3.4 miS
Hiking, Hiking trail
Art Loeb Trail, Pisgah National Forest
88 min walk • The Art Loeb Trail is a 30.1-mile trail located in Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina. The northern terminus is at the Daniel Boone Boy Scout Camp in Haywood County, while the trail's southern terminus is located near the Davidson River Campground, near Brevard, in Transylvania County.
1.6 miE
Valley, Nature, Natural attraction
Graveyard Fields, Brevard
41 min walk • Graveyard Fields is the name of a flat mountain valley in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina. The valley, itself over 5,000 feet in elevation, is surrounded by mountains exceeding 6,000 feet in elevation, such as Black Balsam Knob, Tennent Mountain, and Sam Knob.
5.1 miE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Geologic formation
Sliding Rock, Brevard
130 min walk • Sliding Rock is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard, so named because visitors can slide all the way down the waterfall into the plunge pool below.
5.6 miE
Natural attraction, Waterfall, Hiking trail
Moore Cove Falls, Pisgah National Forest
142 min walk • Moore Cove Falls is a waterfall in Pisgah National Forest in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.
4.9 miE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Geologic formation
Looking Glass Rock, Pisgah National Forest
124 min walk • Looking Glass Rock is a pluton monolith in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina, United States.
5.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Cedar Rock Falls, Pisgah National Forest
139 min walk • Cedar Rock Falls is a waterfall in Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA.
5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Slick Rock Falls, Pisgah National Forest
127 min walk • Slick Rock Falls is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Brevard.
2.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Devil's Courthouse, Thunder Ridge Wilderness
54 min walk • Devil's Courthouse is a mountain in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina in the United States of America. The mountain is located at the Western edge of the Pisgah National Forest about 10 miles northwest of Brevard and 28 miles southwest of Asheville.
4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Courthouse Falls, Pisgah National Forest
103 min walk • Courthouse Falls is a waterfall in Western North Carolina, located near Balsam Grove.
5.5 miE
Nature and wildlife, Historical place, Park
Biltmore Forest School, Brevard
141 min walk • The Biltmore Forest School was the first school of forestry in North America. The school of "practical forestry" was founded by Carl A. Schenck in 1898 on George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North Carolina. The school grounds are now part of Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, North Carolina.
3.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tanasee Bald, Thunder Ridge Wilderness
89 min walk • Tanasee Bald, also called Tennessee Bald, is a mountain near the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina, on the Haywood/Transylvania border. It is 5561 feet high.