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Lost Cove

Lost Cove from directly overhead

Lost Cove is a ghost town in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 545 m. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Flattop, a peak 1.6 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 12 miles off.

human settlement in North Carolina, United States of America

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Coordinates36.07080, -82.40220

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 46
  • Big Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Martin Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Lower Higgins Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Birchfield Camp Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Sill Branch Falls: 7.9 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • WWII Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 7.0 mi
  • Otway Burns: 12.1 mi
  • Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 12.1 mi
  • Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 23
Museums: 19
Artworks: 10
  • Rock Bridge: 12.1 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 12.1 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 12.1 mi
  • Stream: 12.1 mi
  • Friends: 12.1 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 17.2 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 17.3 mi
  • Navitat Canopy Adventures: 19.0 mi
  • Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 21.5 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 5
  • ETSU Community Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Mountain Gardens: 19.0 mi
  • Terrace garden: 19.1 mi
  • Camp Celo Gardens: 20.9 mi
  • Mitchell Giving Gardens: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 21.4 mi
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 22.2 mi
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Springs: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 21.6 mi
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Lost Cove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big BaldSW 221°1,674 m7.5 mi
Big StampSW 222°1,639 m7.3 mi
Unaka MountainNE 54°1,579 m7.3 mi
Little BaldSW 217°1,575 m5.4 mi
Upper Haw KnobSW 214°1,492 m9.5 mi
Sampson MountainSSW 196°1,454 m8.1 mi
Elk Wallow KnobSSW 207°1,452 m9.5 mi
Sampson PeakSSW 196°1,442 m8.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:42
June solstice06:1420:1220:51
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3716:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556371747368574639
Precip in3.53.33.84.04.85.15.54.83.32.52.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 5 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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