Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area
Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 842 m. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.4 miles off.
Open Season: April 13th - October 30th Usage: Heavy Closest Towns: Burnsville Water: Drinking Water Restroom: Flush toilets and showers
What the record says
- Elevation
- 842 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cradle of Forestry in America Campground Division
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.7 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 14.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 14.8 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Camp Celo Falls: 1.1 mi
- Whiteoak Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
- Locust Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
- Lower Middle Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
- Squawroot Falls: 2.1 mi
- Crisawn Knob: 1.1 mi
- Stones Knob: 1.4 mi
- Rich Knob: 1.6 mi
- Snake Knob: 2.0 mi
- Middle Ridge Bald: 2.1 mi
- Toe River Campground: 4.6 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 9.4 mi
- Woods Mountain Equestrian Parking Area: 9.4 mi
- Brad Regan Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
- Lincoln Park: 9.7 mi
- Gillespie Gap: 9.2 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.4 mi
- Otway Burns: 9.4 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 11.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 4.4 mi
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals: 9.2 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 9.5 mi
- McElroy House: 9.5 mi
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival: 9.7 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 4.9 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 9.8 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 12.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 13.1 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 13.3 mi
- Friends: 9.3 mi
- Stream: 9.3 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 9.4 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 9.4 mi
- Rock Bridge: 9.4 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Terrace garden: 2.4 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 10.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 15.6 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Coltens Cliff: 21.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 7.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 8.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 16.0 mi
- Gully Pipe: 17.0 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 17.4 mi
- Rocky Knob: 8.8 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 11.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 11.7 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 23.1 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 0.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 4.3 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 15.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 22.4 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 10.7 mi
- Boat beach: 18.6 mi
- Swimming beach: 18.7 mi
- Lost Cove: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | SW 231° | 2,038 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Craig | WSW 239° | 2,023 m | 3.8 mi |
| Balsam Cone | WSW 249° | 2,007 m | 3.1 mi |
| Big Tom | WSW 240° | 2,002 m | 3.6 mi |
| Cattail Peak | W 259° | 1,986 m | 3.0 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SW 224° | 1,981 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | SW 225° | 1,971 m | 6.5 mi |
| Potato Knob | SW 223° | 1,946 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:19 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Celo 2 S, 2 mi away.
- galax24 obs
- Eastern Newt21 obs
- Ghost Pipe21 obs
- American cancer-root18 obs
- great rhododendron17 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail15 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain14 obs
- Shrub Yellowroot13 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/357801125
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