Balanced Rock
Balanced Rock is an attraction in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 765 m. Oak Knob stands 978 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Moores Knob, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Hanging Rock Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31615313, matched on coordinates and name (63 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 765 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Hanging Rock Scenic Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
- Rock Castle Gorge · 29 mi
- The Saddle Overlook · 30 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Danbury Historic District: 4.3 mi
- Historic Rock House: 4.4 mi
- Hart's Access: 8.1 mi
- King Recreation Area: 9.4 mi
- Central Park: 9.4 mi
- Moores Knob: 0.0 mi
- Cole Gap Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cooks Wall Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Hanging Rock: 1.5 mi
- Ruben Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Rural Hall Depot Caboose: 10.8 mi
- Rural Hall Train Depot: 10.8 mi
- Horne Creek Historic Farm: 14.5 mi
- Hauser Farmhouse: 14.6 mi
- Surry County Historical Farm Museum: 15.3 mi
- CCC Ruins: 1.0 mi
- CCC Lodge Ruins: 1.0 mi
- CCC Ruins: 1.0 mi
- RM Collins Memorial: 3.9 mi
- Stoneman's Raid: 4.3 mi
- Tise falls: 0.7 mi
- Upper Casscades: 0.8 mi
- Torys Falls: 1.0 mi
- Hidden Falls: 1.2 mi
- Window Falls: 1.3 mi
- Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour: 3.2 mi
- Browder Family Cemetery: 9.0 mi
- Jessup's Mill: 10.1 mi
- Mad Town Tubing: 18.2 mi
- Wait Chapel: 18.2 mi
- Balancing Act: 20.9 mi
- George Henry Black: 21.0 mi
- Coffee Pot: 21.4 mi
- Stoneville Sign: 21.4 mi
- Twin Arches: 21.9 mi
- Indian Face: 0.3 mi
- Moores Wall: 0.3 mi
- Cooks Wall: 1.4 mi
- Little Amphitheater: 11.9 mi
- Three Bears: 12.0 mi
- Dan River Bends Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Dan River Ford Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Pitzer Road Public Fishing Area: 7.6 mi
- Ararat River Access: 16.3 mi
- Richmond Hill Nature Park: 20.5 mi
- Daylily Meadows: 10.1 mi
- The Kristin Hartz Garden: 22.8 mi
- Fishing Island Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
- Ivy Bluffs Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Magnolia Springs: 1.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Balanced Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Knob | NNW 337° | 978 m | 24.6 mi |
| Bull Mountain | N 9° | 977 m | 20.6 mi |
| Richwood Knob | N 9° | 977 m | 20.6 mi |
| The Knob | NNW 342° | 963 m | 22.8 mi |
| Stone Mountain | NNW 333° | 962 m | 23.8 mi |
| Hurricane Knob | NNW 336° | 944 m | 23.4 mi |
| Spoon Mountain | N 355° | 936 m | 22.1 mi |
| Greene Knob | NNW 334° | 934 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:30 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMap- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1006099 — Balanced Rock, Stokes County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357798948
Day trips start here
- Mount Airy · 19 mi
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