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Bald Cliff

Bald Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Cliff is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1,425 m. Richland Balsam stands 1,951 m to the east-northeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1425 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.34316, -83.04403

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Chestnut Knob: 0.8 mi
  • Hawkins Knob: 1.3 mi
  • Moffitt Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Choga Butt Knob: 1.5 mi
  • Coward Bald: 1.7 mi
Waterfalls
  • Chastine Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Rough Butt Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Upper Abbs Creek Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Lower Abbs Creek Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Sugar Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Roy Taylor Forest: 3.5 mi
  • Canada Community Park: 5.6 mi
  • East Laporte River Park: 6.6 mi
  • Entrance to Blueridge Parkway at Balsam Gap: 6.8 mi
  • Cedar Cliff Lake Access: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 17
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 8.3 mi
  • Catamount Statue: 8.4 mi
  • Lyn Lowry Cross: 9.1 mi
  • 1983 Plane Crash: 9.7 mi
  • Jackson County Veterans Memorial: 10.5 mi
Museums: 16
  • Fine Art Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 11.9 mi
  • American Museum of the House Cat: 12.4 mi
  • Shook Museum: 14.8 mi
  • Cradle of Forestry: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Judaculla Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 5.0 mi
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 7.6 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 10.7 mi
  • The Fugitive Train Wreck: 12.5 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Chalice: 7.9 mi
  • American Eclipse: 8.0 mi
  • Wi: 8.1 mi
  • Ear: 8.3 mi
  • Sylva Mural: 10.3 mi
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 17.1 mi
  • Heintooga Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 7.1 mi
  • Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 7.7 mi
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
Covered bridges: 2
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 15.3 mi
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 19.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 12.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cool Spring: 20.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Bald Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Richland BalsamENE 61°1,951 m3.5 mi
Reinhart KnobE 83°1,856 m3.8 mi
Cold Spring KnobNE 51°1,808 m5.2 mi
Rough Butt BaldESE 113°1,807 m4.9 mi
Lone BaldNE 39°1,784 m3.1 mi
Wolf BaldESE 114°1,770 m6.7 mi
Spot KnobESE 104°1,764 m4.7 mi
Old BaldNNE 18°1,760 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:1820:1320:51
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3816:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374147566471747368574640
Precip in4.94.64.64.74.35.15.04.34.33.24.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cullowhee, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357767628

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