Covered Bridge Trail
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
- 4.9 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 7.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.0 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dog walking: 1.3 mi
- Elevated Creek Park: 4.1 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 4.3 mi
- Lake Junaluska Playground: 4.5 mi
- Waynesville Recreation Park: 5.6 mi
- Trit Knob: 1.4 mi
- Middle Top: 1.6 mi
- Leatherwood Top: 1.7 mi
- Purchase Knob: 1.7 mi
- High Top: 1.8 mi
- Plott Hound Falls: 7.2 mi
- Campbell Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Flat Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Lyn Lowry Falls: 7.3 mi
- Alyssa Falls: 7.4 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 4.2 mi
- Masonic Monument: 7.4 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Lyn Lowry Cross: 7.8 mi
- 1983 Plane Crash: 8.5 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 4.6 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 7.1 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 16.5 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- Raven Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Bald Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 15.6 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 16.2 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 1.5 mi
- Historical Downtown: 5.9 mi
- Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 6.2 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 8.6 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 15.1 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 3.9 mi
- Shook Museum: 7.4 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 11.7 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 15.1 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 16.3 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 4.7 mi
- Berm Park: 13.8 mi
- Selu Statue: 16.1 mi
- Sylva Mural: 16.5 mi
- Moai Statue: 16.6 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 19.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 21.5 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 10.7 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 13.2 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 14.4 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 15.2 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 21.4 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 13.4 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 15.6 mi
- Greenbrier: 22.5 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 18.6 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 24.5 mi
- Wasp: 21.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 24.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plott Balsam | SSW 203° | 1,856 m | 6.3 mi |
| Oldfield Top | SSW 205° | 1,770 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | WSW 259° | 1,723.84 m | 4.4 mi |
| Brown Lead | WSW 253° | 1,713 m | 4.9 mi |
| Hemphill Bald | W 270° | 1,693.56 m | 3.4 mi |
| Sheepback Knob | W 261° | 1,680.91 m | 4.7 mi |
| Whim Knob | W 262° | 1,679.84 m | 6.4 mi |
| Strawberry Knob | W 261° | 1,666.76 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:14 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
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 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/697082642
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