Historic site · North Carolina
Plan a drive hereYancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument
OpenStreetMap · node/5813678942
- Elevation, modelled
- 855 m
- Tallest summit within 7.6 miles
- Celo Knob1,922 m · 5.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Blue Ridge Parkway11.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:50local time
- Coordinates
- 35.9170, -82.2989
Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled 855 m. Celo Knob stands 1,922 m to the south-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Yancey County Veterans Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 11 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celo Knob | SSE 148° | 1,922 m | 5.3 mi |
| Horse Rock | SSE 149° | 1,893 m | 5.6 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,889 m | 6.0 mi |
| Winter Star Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,886 m | 7.4 mi |
| Percys Peak | SSE 149° | 1,885 m | 5.6 mi |
| Deer Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,852 m | 7.4 mi |
| Ogle Ridge | SSW 208° | 1,664 m | 7.2 mi |
| Grassy Knob | SSE 158° | 1,662 m | 5.0 mi |
- 11.1 mi off the Blue Ridge ParkwayNational
- 13.5 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 20.5 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Three Knob Overlook (MP 338.8) · 11 mi
- View Black Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- Black Mountains Overlook (MP 342.2) · 12 mi
- Walker Knob Overlook (MP 359.8) · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Ferguson Hill: 0.6 mi
- Phillips Knob: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.6 mi
- Anglin Knob: 1.7 mi
- Beebranch Mountain: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls
- Upper Whiteoak Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- Whiteoak Creek Falls: 7.6 mi
- Locust Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 7.8 mi
- Camp Celo Falls: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 26
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Otway Burns: 0.0 mi
- Gillespie Gap: 14.5 mi
- Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 14.8 mi
- Moye Rest: 15.2 mi
Museums: 16
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 0.1 mi
- McElroy House: 0.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 10.6 mi
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival: 13.2 mi
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 8
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 11.5 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 13.1 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 14.3 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 14.3 mi
- Linville Caverns: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 24.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 24.8 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Lost Cove: 12.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 27 mi
- Johnson City · 28 mi
- Elizabethton · 29 mi
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