Oconaluftee Indian Village
Oconaluftee Indian Village is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 651 m. Blackrock Mountain stands 1,751 m to the east-southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds, a park 0.3 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
The Oconaluftee Indian Village is a replica of an 18th-century eastern Cherokee community founded in 1952 and located along the Oconaluftee River in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7076608, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 1.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 3.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Fox Knob: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.5 mi
- Mount Noble: 1.5 mi
- O'Dear Knob: 1.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Little Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Mingo Falls: 4.1 mi
- Washington Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Indian Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
- Tom Branch Falls: 6.2 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 0.3 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 0.4 mi
- Oconaluftee Park: 0.5 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 0.6 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 2.8 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 1.6 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 1.8 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 8.6 mi
- The Fugitive Train Wreck: 8.7 mi
- Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 10.7 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 0.4 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Dills Cove Falls: 9.1 mi
- Masonic Monument: 9.1 mi
- Charters of Freedom Monument: 9.4 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 0.4 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 2.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 7.9 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 8.0 mi
- Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians: 8.0 mi
- The Jumpoff: 10.8 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 12.1 mi
- Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Alum Cave: 12.6 mi
- Selu Statue: 1.6 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.5 mi
- Sylva Mural: 9.6 mi
- Moai Statue: 9.6 mi
- Wi: 14.5 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 6.8 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 15.4 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 0.5 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 14.1 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 16.4 mi
- Vista Gardens: 18.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 14.5 mi
- Greenbrier: 16.8 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 24.1 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 24.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 21.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 24.7 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 16.6 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 18.8 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 18.8 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Oconaluftee Indian Village. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackrock Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,751 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bunches Bald | ENE 75° | 1,663 m | 7.7 mi |
| Soco Bald | ENE 76° | 1,653 m | 8.1 mi |
| Pinnacle Bald | ESE 115° | 1,623 m | 7.6 mi |
| Heintooga Bald | ENE 59° | 1,603 m | 9.3 mi |
| Flat Creek Bald | NE 55° | 1,600.49 m | 9.6 mi |
| Potato Hill Bald | NE 40° | 1,587 m | 9.8 mi |
| Round Top Knob | WNW 299° | 1,573.61 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oconaluftee, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/5072099105
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