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Rattlesnake Cliffs

Rattlesnake Cliffs, seen from above at true elevation

Rattlesnake Cliffs is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1,037 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the north-northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Rough Knob, a peak 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1037 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.04429, -81.84317

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Upper Little Lost Cove Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Little Lost Cove Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Andrews Creek Falls: 2.5 mi
  • North Harper Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Chestnut Cove Branch Falls: 2.9 mi
Parks
  • Point Park: 2.8 mi
  • Norris Clifton Park: 3.7 mi
  • Crossnore Town Park: 4.7 mi
  • Avery County Recreation Complex: 5.4 mi
  • Avery Square: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 37
  • The Gardener: 11.1 mi
  • Jessie: 11.1 mi
  • The Rock: 14.6 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 14.7 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Stack Rock: 3.4 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 3.8 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 6.1 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 8.7 mi
  • House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 9.5 mi
Museums: 18
Cliffs: 15
Historic sites: 12
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 6.3 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 10.7 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 14.9 mi
Gardens: 11
Picnic sites: 10
Nature reserves: 9
Springs: 5
  • Shanty Springs: 4.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 14.7 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 15.1 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Rattlesnake Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakNNE 22°1,804 m5.0 mi
Sugar MountainNNW 342°1,585 m5.8 mi
Hanging RockN 8°1,582 m7.6 mi
Flattop MountainNNW 348°1,502 m5.0 mi
Peak MountainN 5°1,473 m6.0 mi
Pilot KnobNE 40°1,466 m5.1 mi
Big Haw MountainWNW 289°1,425 m6.8 mi
Grandmother MountainN 1°1,408 m1.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:39
June solstice06:1220:1020:48
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3516:3817:17

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357808825

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