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Covered Bridge Trail

Covered Bridge Trail from directly overhead

Covered Bridge Trail is a covered bridge in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 840 m. Plott Balsam stands 1,856 m to the south-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog walking, a park 1.3 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 4.9 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.56399, -83.04373

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 16
Artworks: 10
Springs: 5
Nature reserves: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Covered Bridge Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Plott BalsamSSW 203°1,856 m6.3 mi
Oldfield TopSSW 205°1,770 m7.0 mi
Little Bald KnobWSW 259°1,723.84 m4.4 mi
Brown LeadWSW 253°1,713 m4.9 mi
Hemphill BaldW 270°1,693.56 m3.4 mi
Sheepback KnobW 261°1,680.91 m4.7 mi
Whim KnobW 262°1,679.84 m6.4 mi
Strawberry KnobW 261°1,666.76 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:1820:1420:52
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3916:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845536066696863534438

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/697082642

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