View Village of Saurock

View Village of Saurock sits at 4,362 feet along the Blue Ridge Parkway, facing 330 degrees toward the northwest. The terrain drops 572 feet within 600 meters of the overlook, giving an open outlook across the intervening land. From this point, Woodfin Valley Overlook (MP 446.0) is visible to the west-northwest at 3.3 miles, with Fowler Balsam Mountain rising to 5,428 feet to the northwest at 3.6 miles. Farther along the same west-northwest line, Woodfin Cascades Overlook (MP 446.7) appears at 3.8 miles and Woodfin Cascades itself at 3.9 miles, reaching 4,649 feet. Oldfield Top, at 5,791 feet, lies northwest at 4.2 miles. Asheville is 29.6 miles to the east-northeast, Hendersonville 33.5 miles to the east-southeast, and Sevierville 42.1 miles to the northwest. The previous stop on the route is View Waynesville, and the next is Cove Field Ridge Overlook. Seasonal daylight at this location ranges from a June solstice sunrise at 06:18 and sunset at 20:51 to a December solstice sunrise at 07:38 and sunset at 17:24, with the equinoxes falling near 07:30 for sunrise and 19:30 for sunset.