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Peak Mountain Conservation Area

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Peak Mountain Conservation Area from directly overhead

Peak Mountain Conservation Area is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,370 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the south-southeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Peak Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 2.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Blue Ridge Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates36.13913, -81.82138

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Peak Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Hanging Rock: 1.0 mi
  • Calloway Peak: 2.0 mi
  • White Rock: 2.2 mi
  • MacRae Peak: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls
  • Otter Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Green Mountain Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Tanawha Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Dutch Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Little Wilson Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
Parks
  • Otter Falls Park: 1.0 mi
  • The Park at Seven Devils: 1.4 mi
  • Foscoe-Grandfather Community Center and Park: 1.5 mi
  • J. Douglass Williams Park: 2.3 mi
  • Tate-Evans Park: 3.1 mi
Artworks: 37
  • The Gardener: 8.0 mi
  • Jessie: 8.0 mi
  • The Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 9.3 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 9.3 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 1.4 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 3.0 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 3.2 mi
  • Stack Rock: 3.4 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 15
Historic sites: 13
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 6.9 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 7.8 mi
  • Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Gardens: 11
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 9.2 mi
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Appalachian Roots Garden: 9.6 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Springs: 5
  • Shanty Springs: 1.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 21.4 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 21.7 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 20.5 mi
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Peak Mountain Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakSSE 162°1,804 m2.0 mi
Beech MountainNW 313°1,663 m4.6 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechNW 313°1,652 m4.6 mi
Sugar MountainWSW 252°1,585 m3.2 mi
Hanging RockN 351°1,582 m1.0 mi
Flattop MountainSW 234°1,502 m2.8 mi
Rocky KnobNNW 342°1,502 m4.5 mi
Peak MountainSW 231°1,473 m0.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3516:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138475561656459494034
Precip in5.03.95.45.96.06.46.25.86.55.04.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1252892462

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