Cliff · North Carolina
Raven Cliffs
Raven Cliffs is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 718 m. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the north-northwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 1.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 718 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.41651, -82.29039
- 1.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 2.4 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.5 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 12.7 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Exclamation Point · 2 mi
- Devil's Head · 2 mi
- Opera Box · 3 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Fork Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Stony Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Fork Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.4 mi
Waterfalls
- Wolf Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 2.1 mi
- Upper Pool Creek Falls: 2.4 mi
- Pool Creek Falls: 2.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.0 mi
Parks
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 2.5 mi
- The Gathering Place: 2.9 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 3.1 mi
- Edneyville Community Park: 3.6 mi
- Morse Park: 3.7 mi
Historic sites: 40
- Edneyville High School Monument: 3.2 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 6.2 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 11.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 12.3 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 12.5 mi
Gardens: 25
- Pollinator Garden: 12.0 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 12.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Spring Garden: 16.8 mi
Museums: 24
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 11.2 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 11.8 mi
- House of Flags: 12.5 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 12.6 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 12.9 mi
Artworks: 16
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 12.9 mi
- Globe: 15.5 mi
- Statue of Diana: 16.8 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 17.4 mi
- Orange Bear: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 15
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 2.9 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 6.7 mi
- Southern X793: 11.5 mi
- Historical Downtown: 11.8 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 13.6 mi
Nature reserves: 11
- Florence Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 5.7 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 10.8 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Cloven Cliffs: 1.4 mi
- The Pinnacles: 1.5 mi
- Worlds Edge: 2.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 12.4 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 13.1 mi
Springs: 5
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 12.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 13.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 19.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 21.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 21.8 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Raven Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,341 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | NW 309° | 1,281 m | 4.8 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NNW 348° | 1,225 m | 6.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,208 m | 1.4 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | NW 317° | 1,208 m | 4.6 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,160 m | 6.3 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | NE 37° | 1,156 m | 4.4 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | NW 313° | 1,152 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357783257
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