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Flattop Cliffs

Flattop Cliffs, seen from above at true elevation

Flattop Cliffs is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1,512 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the east, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Flattop Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Little Parkway passes 2.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1512 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.11152, -81.86761

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Flattop Mountain: 0.4 mi
  • Sugar Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Brier Knob: 2.1 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Linville Peak: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Norris Clifton Park: 1.3 mi
  • J. Douglass Williams Park: 1.5 mi
  • Tufts Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Swank Park: 3.5 mi
  • Tate-Evans Park: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Tanawha Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Andrews Creek Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Otter Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Little Wilson Creek Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Green Mountain Falls: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 37
  • The Gardener: 10.7 mi
  • Jessie: 10.7 mi
  • The Rock: 12.3 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 12.5 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 12.5 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 1.9 mi
  • Stack Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 3.3 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 6.2 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 15
Historic sites: 13
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 10.4 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 10.7 mi
  • Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 11.4 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Gardens: 11
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 12.4 mi
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 12.6 mi
  • Appalachian Roots Garden: 12.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Springs: 5
  • Shanty Springs: 2.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 19.1 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 19.4 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Flattop Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakE 90°1,804 m3.2 mi
Beech MountainN 351°1,663 m5.1 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechN 351°1,652 m5.0 mi
Sugar MountainNNW 334°1,585 m1.0 mi
Hanging RockNE 40°1,582 m3.8 mi
Flattop MountainNE 53°1,502 m0.4 mi
Rocky KnobN 11°1,502 m6.3 mi
Elk Park 9WNW 285°1,474 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:39
June solstice06:1220:1020:49
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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357801713

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