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Cooks Wall

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Elevation
650 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Bull Mountain977 m · 22.0 mi
Nearest byway
Hanging Rock Scenic Byway2.0 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:43local time
Coordinates
36.3787, -80.2876
Cooks Wall, seen from above at true elevation

Cooks Wall is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded 650 m. Bull Mountain stands 977 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooks Wall Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Hanging Rock Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Elevation
650 m

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cooks Wall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bull MountainN 9°977 m22.0 mi
Richwood KnobN 9°977 m22.0 mi
The KnobNNW 343°963 m24.0 mi
Stone MountainNNW 335°962 m24.9 mi
Hurricane KnobNNW 338°944 m24.5 mi
Spoon MountainN 356°936 m23.4 mi
Groundhog MountainNW 324°924 m22.8 mi
Gabes KnobN 11°908 m22.6 mi

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:33
June solstice06:0420:0520:43
September equinox07:1018:4619:20
December solstice07:3016:3017:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148576673777669594841
Precip in3.72.94.13.94.44.24.34.45.03.53.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Danbury, 7 mi away.

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