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Elk Valley Preserve

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Elk Valley Preserve from directly overhead

Elk Valley Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,013 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Double Knobs, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mission Crossing runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lees McCrae College
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates36.17106, -81.91361

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Swank Park: 2.2 mi
  • Corner on Main: 2.4 mi
  • Tufts Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Wynn Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Tate-Evans Park: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls
  • She Falls Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Buckeye Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Splash Dam Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Jones Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Mountaineer Falls: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 4.7 mi
  • Stack Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 7.8 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 7.9 mi
  • Mountain Magic Resort: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 6.6 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 13.2 mi
  • Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 20
Artworks: 20
  • The Rock: 13.1 mi
  • Hellbenders: 13.2 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 13.2 mi
  • Hephaestus: 13.2 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 13.2 mi
Museums: 15
Picnic sites: 10
Gardens: 9
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 13.1 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 13.3 mi
  • Appalachian Roots Garden: 13.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Springs: 5
  • Shanty Springs: 6.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.2 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 15.0 mi
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Elk Valley Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakSE 125°1,804 m7.1 mi
Hump MountainWSW 249°1,688 m5.9 mi
Beech MountainENE 62°1,663 m2.0 mi
Little Hump MountainWSW 244°1,662 m7.2 mi
Big Yellow MountainWSW 236°1,658 m7.6 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechENE 64°1,652 m2.0 mi
Little Hump MountainWSW 246°1,587 m6.9 mi
Sugar MountainSSE 147°1,585 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1220:1120:49
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3616:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313440505865686761514235
Precip in4.63.74.94.85.15.15.74.34.63.43.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Banner ELK, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1252678645

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