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Crowder Bluff

Crowder Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Crowder Bluff is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 484 m. Payne Mountain stands 998 m to the west, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Halls Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 5.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
484 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.04980, -84.11019

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Halls Knob: 0.6 mi
  • Stockade Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Panther Top: 1.3 mi
  • Stiles Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Bell Mountain: 1.9 mi
Parks: 53
  • Fort Butler Memorial Park: 4.6 mi
  • Hiwassee Street Boat Ramp: 4.8 mi
  • Payne Street Boat Ramp: 5.0 mi
  • Konaheeta Park: 5.6 mi
  • Poteete Creek Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • South Shoal Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
  • North Shoal Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Leatherwood Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Tellico Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Sassafras Falls: 16.3 mi
Attractions: 23
Historic sites: 5
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Poop Island: 17.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Chattahoochee Source Spring: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Crowder Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Payne MountainW 268°998 m7.7 mi
Wolf KnobN 0°932 m8.3 mi
Rocky TopSE 128°924 m7.6 mi
High TopSE 126°919 m8.0 mi
Harris TopW 273°914 m6.8 mi
Shorty TopN 3°873 m8.9 mi
Jack TopESE 121°827 m7.1 mi
Fain MountainNE 42°826 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:48
June solstice06:2320:1720:54
September equinox07:2519:0119:35
December solstice07:4116:5017:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148566471757469584741
Precip in5.15.35.35.24.85.45.24.74.33.44.66.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murphy 4ese, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357801402

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