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Sheep Cliff

Sheep Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Sheep Cliff is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1,384 m. Yellow Mountain stands 1,562 m to the west, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Sheep Cliff, a peak 0.3 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 1.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1384 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.13426, -83.09764

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Glassyrock Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Hurricane Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Silver Slip Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Twin Falls: 3.1 mi
Parks
  • Cashiers Village Green Park: 1.5 mi
  • McKinney Meadow: 2.0 mi
  • Ralph J Andrews Recreation Park: 5.0 mi
  • Silver Run Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Whiteside Mountain: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 15
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 11.8 mi
  • Catamount Statue: 13.1 mi
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 15.9 mi
  • Chattooga Town: 16.1 mi
  • General Pickens Monument: 17.6 mi
Museums: 9
Attractions: 8
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 7.2 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 11.6 mi
  • Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 15.5 mi
  • The Fugitive Train Wreck: 18.8 mi
  • 12 Spies Vineyards: 20.2 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 7
  • Ear: 12.6 mi
  • Chalice: 13.0 mi
  • American Eclipse: 13.1 mi
  • Wi: 13.1 mi
  • Moai Statue: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 15.4 mi
  • North Beach: 23.0 mi
  • South Beach: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Moody Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Sheep Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Yellow MountainW 271°1,562 m5.3 mi
Shortoff MountainWSW 249°1,521 m5.0 mi
Whiteside MountainSSW 212°1,489 m4.3 mi
Goat KnobWSW 256°1,418 m4.8 mi
Cole MountainWSW 254°1,417 m5.9 mi
Bear MountainNNE 24°1,406 m2.3 mi
Glassyrock MountainN 355°1,404 m2.4 mi
Chimneytop MountainSE 140°1,401 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:1920:1320:51
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3816:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643505865686661524236
Precip in8.06.97.67.06.67.27.17.18.06.57.88.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Highlands, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357803622

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