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Stack Rock

Stack Rock from directly overhead

Stack Rock is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,268 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the north-northeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Linn Cove Viaduct, a attraction 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
No
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.08988, -81.82030

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Beacon Heights: 0.7 mi
  • Linville Peak: 0.8 mi
  • MacRae Peak: 0.8 mi
  • Calloway Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 2.1 mi
Waterfalls
  • Andrews Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Tanawha Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Little Wilson Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Green Mountain Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Winston Falls: 3.0 mi
Parks
  • Norris Clifton Park: 2.0 mi
  • J. Douglass Williams Park: 3.7 mi
  • Foscoe-Grandfather Community Center and Park: 4.0 mi
  • The Park at Seven Devils: 4.1 mi
  • Otter Falls Park: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 37
  • The Gardener: 8.5 mi
  • Jessie: 8.5 mi
  • The Rock: 11.3 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 11.5 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 0.5 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 3.2 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 5.4 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 10.6 mi
  • House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 13
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 8.2 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Gardens: 11
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 11.5 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 11.7 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Springs: 5
  • Shanty Springs: 1.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 18.1 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 18.4 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Stack Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakNNE 20°1,804 m1.6 mi
Beech MountainNNW 332°1,663 m7.4 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechNNW 332°1,652 m7.3 mi
Sugar MountainNW 308°1,585 m3.9 mi
Hanging RockN 357°1,582 m4.4 mi
Flattop MountainNW 307°1,502 m2.9 mi
Peak MountainNNW 345°1,473 m2.9 mi
Pilot KnobENE 69°1,466 m2.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3516:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138475561656459494034
Precip in5.03.95.45.96.06.46.25.86.55.04.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5748023006

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