Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area
Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 930 m. Grandmother Mountain stands 1,408 m to the north-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Zig Zag Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 930 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 3.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.8 mi off the Little Parkway
- 14.9 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Erwin's View Outlook · 3 mi
- Gorge View · 3 mi
- Chimney View · 3 mi
- Plunge Basin Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Zig Zag Falls: 0.9 mi
- Upper Steels Creek Falls: 0.9 mi
- Newt Falls: 1.0 mi
- Rip Breeches Falls: 1.3 mi
- Upper Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Gingercake Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Sitting Bear Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Parks Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Windling Stair Knob: 1.5 mi
- Long Arm Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Crossnore Town Park: 6.2 mi
- Point Park: 7.0 mi
- Green Valley Community Center: 8.3 mi
- Avery County Recreation Complex: 10.3 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Mosaic Mural: 11.0 mi
- Art & Frame Store: 11.1 mi
- The Market on Oak: 11.1 mi
- SPMS Billboard: 11.2 mi
- Linville Caverns: 4.0 mi
- Daffodil Flats: 7.6 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 9.2 mi
- Stack Rock: 10.6 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 10.9 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 6.4 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 10.3 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 10.4 mi
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival: 11.3 mi
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals: 11.7 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 7.1 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Gillespie Gap: 11.7 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 16.7 mi
- Raven Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 5.3 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 7.2 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 10.4 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 11.2 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 18.3 mi
- Community Gardens: 18.3 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 19.4 mi
- Terrace garden: 20.6 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Woods Walk: 10.2 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 6.1 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 13.9 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 14.7 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 17.0 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 1.8 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 7.5 mi
- Gully Pipe: 7.8 mi
- Shanty Springs: 12.0 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 12.4 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 11.0 mi
- Boat beach: 13.3 mi
- Swimming beach: 13.3 mi
- Mortimer: 6.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandmother Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,408 m | 8.5 mi |
| Little Bald | N 11° | 1,307 m | 7.9 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | W 271° | 1,295 m | 4.9 mi |
| Hawshaw Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,295 m | 7.9 mi |
| Buck Hill | WNW 302° | 1,295 m | 7.9 mi |
| Ball Ground Mountain | NW 321° | 1,294 m | 2.4 mi |
| Gingercake Mountain | WSW 253° | 1,262 m | 1.0 mi |
| Cranberry Knob | NNW 347° | 1,258 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 43 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spruce Pine 4 ENE, 7 mi away.
- galax31 obs
- Turkey beard21 obs
- painted trillium15 obs
- partridgeberry14 obs
- Ghost Pipe12 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain12 obs
- pink lady's slipper11 obs
- American chestnut11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357805119
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