Winding Stairs
Winding Stairs is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 712 m. Wine Spring Bald stands 1,661 m to the south-southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Inside Passage Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Nantahala Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 712 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 0.5 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 1.6 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 12.6 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shute Cove Overlook · 16 mi
- Hooper Point Overlook · 19 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 20 mi
- Haw Knob · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Inside Passage Falls: 0.8 mi
- Ledbetter Canyon Falls: 0.9 mi
- The Notch: 1.0 mi
- Handpole Branch Falls: 1.0 mi
- Bartram Falls: 1.9 mi
- Wykle Hill: 1.8 mi
- Briertown Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 1.9 mi
- Little Bald: 2.9 mi
- Lowing Bald: 3.2 mi
- Ferebee Memorial Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Graham County Park: 7.3 mi
- Swain County Park: 8.7 mi
- Valley River Park: 10.0 mi
- Ferebee Park: 10.6 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 12.7 mi
- Wasilik Poplar: 15.3 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 16.0 mi
- Cherokee Homestead Exhibit: 18.5 mi
- Turbine: 19.3 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 8.6 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 8.6 mi
- Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians: 16.0 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 16.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 16.1 mi
- The Jump-up: 4.2 mi
- Ramsey Cliff: 6.7 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 16.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Sheep Nose: 24.1 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 24.0 mi
- Towns County Veterans Memorial Park: 24.6 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 17.8 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 23.2 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 14.6 mi
- Franklin Garden: 17.4 mi
- Hamilton Gardens: 22.5 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 23.9 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 23.7 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 23.7 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 23.7 mi
- Selu Statue: 24.1 mi
- Judson: 10.5 mi
- Proctor: 13.8 mi
- Calderwood: 23.6 mi
- Wine Spring: 8.7 mi
- Big Spring: 18.6 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 19.1 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 19.2 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 5.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Winding Stairs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wine Spring Bald | SSE 148° | 1,661 m | 8.8 mi |
| Wayah Bald | SE 140° | 1,626 m | 9.1 mi |
| Rocky Bald | SSE 149° | 1,623 m | 7.5 mi |
| Copper Ridge Bald | ESE 117° | 1,601 m | 6.6 mi |
| Tellico Bald | ESE 114° | 1,562 m | 6.5 mi |
| Burningtown Bald | ESE 121° | 1,553 m | 6.9 mi |
| Rocky Bald | ESE 110° | 1,548 m | 5.8 mi |
| Black Bald | ESE 112° | 1,538 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:16 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Robbinsville AG 5 NE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357789517
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