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Hayes Bluff

Hayes Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Hayes Bluff is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 941 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the south-southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Watauga River Access, a park 1.1 miles away. Mission Crossing runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
941 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.23513, -81.77733

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Watauga River Access: 1.1 mi
  • Valle Crucis Community Park: 1.6 mi
  • Watauga Gorge River Access: 4.3 mi
  • Rivers House Park: 5.2 mi
  • North Street Park: 5.3 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Crab Orchard Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Dutch Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
  • She Falls Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Hebron Colony Falls: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 4.7 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 5.4 mi
  • Mountain Magic Resort: 5.6 mi
  • Foggy Mountain Gem Mine: 7.5 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 18
Artworks: 16
  • Hellbenders: 5.3 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 5.3 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 5.3 mi
  • Time and Honor: 5.4 mi
  • The Rock: 5.4 mi
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 12
Picnic sites: 12
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 8
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 5.3 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Appalachian Roots Garden: 5.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 8.8 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Cave Spring: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 20.1 mi
  • Elk Shoals: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Hayes Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakSSW 192°1,804 m8.7 mi
Snake MountainNNE 30°1,697 m7.7 mi
Beech MountainWSW 239°1,663 m6.8 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechWSW 239°1,652 m6.8 mi
Rich MountainNNE 32°1,633 m6.3 mi
Hanging RockSSW 205°1,582 m6.2 mi
Rocky KnobWSW 239°1,502 m4.5 mi
Peak MountainSSW 204°1,473 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:49
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 °F272936455360636257483832
Precip in5.24.24.84.95.74.96.05.05.03.83.54.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beech MTN, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357774540

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