Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,117 m. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Paddy Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. New River Valley Byway passes 1.9 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 8.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.2 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 18.4 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Jefferson View · 10 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 10 mi
- Betsy's Rock Falls · 11 mi
- Lewis Fork Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Paddy Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Buck Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Three Top Mountain East Peak: 2.6 mi
- Mount Jefferson: 2.7 mi
- Three Top Mountain Middle Peak: 2.8 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 0.8 mi
- Back Street Park: 1.4 mi
- Bowie Seagrave Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Ashe County Park: 2.4 mi
- Family Central: 4.1 mi
- Bluff Mountain Falls: 2.4 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 3.9 mi
- Nana Falls: 6.0 mi
- Betsy's Rock Falls: 10.7 mi
- The Cascades: 12.0 mi
- Spring House: 12.3 mi
- Jesse Brown Cabin: 12.3 mi
- Cool Springs Baptist Church: 12.4 mi
- Listening Rock: 13.8 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 14.6 mi
- Doc Watson Statue: 16.9 mi
- Tetness, the Polar Bear: 16.9 mi
- The Magic Mailbox: 16.9 mi
- Transit Candy: 16.9 mi
- Time and Honor: 17.0 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 2.1 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 2.4 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Children's Playhouse: 16.6 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 16.9 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 16.4 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 17.0 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 17.1 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 17.2 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 20.8 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 8.1 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 16.9 mi
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 17.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 17.1 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 17.1 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Trials Playground: 18.7 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 21.2 mi
- Alligator Back: 17.9 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 18.5 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Backbone Rock: 20.9 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 14.9 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 22.0 mi
- Smitheys Creek Public Use Area: 24.2 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 24.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 16.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 16.8 mi
- Brig Spring: 17.7 mi
- Elk Shoals: 5.5 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snake Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,697 m | 12.7 mi |
| The Peak | W 262° | 1,573 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,542 m | 4.0 mi |
| Three Top Mountain | W 276° | 1,530 m | 4.3 mi |
| Old Field Bald | WSW 237° | 1,506 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SW 219° | 1,502 m | 4.5 mi |
| Pine Orchard Knob | SW 232° | 1,490 m | 9.8 mi |
| Rittle Knob | SW 231° | 1,463 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson 2 E, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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