Lovers Leap
Lovers Leap is a cliff in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 528 m. High Top stands 1,233 m to the north-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Payne Street Boat Ramp, a park 0.2 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 535 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 2.6 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 19.5 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Overlook · 14 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 15 mi
- Hooper Point Overlook · 15 mi
- Haw Knob · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Farmer Top: 1.3 mi
- Haydon Top: 1.9 mi
- Fains Knob: 2.0 mi
- Bates Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Payne Street Boat Ramp: 0.2 mi
- Hiwassee Street Boat Ramp: 0.9 mi
- Fort Butler Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Konaheeta Park: 1.0 mi
- W.C. (Billy) Crisp Hiwassee River Access Area: 4.5 mi
- Leatherwood Falls: 10.5 mi
- South Shoal Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
- Tellico Falls: 11.4 mi
- Sassafras Falls: 11.9 mi
- North Shoal Creek Falls: 12.2 mi
- All Nations Cross: 11.4 mi
- Ten Commandments: 11.7 mi
- Golgotha Hill: 11.8 mi
- Fields of the Wood: 11.8 mi
- Garden Tomb: 11.8 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 0.9 mi
- Old Union County Courthouse: 15.9 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 20.5 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 20.6 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 23.5 mi
- Trees Plaque: 0.9 mi
- Site of Fort Butler: 1.0 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 19.0 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 20.5 mi
- Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 21.1 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Sheep Nose: 13.4 mi
- Blue Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 6.3 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 6.3 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 6.3 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 23.9 mi
- Nextgen Pest Solutions: 17.6 mi
- Hamilton Gardens: 17.9 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 14.6 mi
- Henry Grady Burrell Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Poop Island: 21.9 mi
- Chattahoochee Source Spring: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Lovers Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Top | NNE 29° | 1,233 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hanging Dog Mountain | NNE 29° | 1,223 m | 8.4 mi |
| Radford Top | N 350° | 1,076 m | 8.4 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NNE 33° | 1,005 m | 7.5 mi |
| Monroe Mountain | N 357° | 968 m | 8.1 mi |
| Graham Top | NNW 337° | 948 m | 6.9 mi |
| Wolf Knob | NW 325° | 932 m | 6.3 mi |
| Rocky Top | SSE 163° | 924 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:17 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:50 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murphy 4ese, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13364365112
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