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Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area

Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1,021 m. Crabtree Bald stands 1,621 m to the south-southeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Ore Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 5.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1021 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.74121, -82.98348

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Ore Knob: 1.0 mi
  • Naked Place Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Hurricane Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Haynes Knob: 2.2 mi
  • Harmon Den Mountain: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 54
  • Little Fall Branch Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Cliff Dwellers Cascade: 6.6 mi
  • Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Mouse Creek Falls: 8.4 mi
  • West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
Parks: 49
Historic sites: 13
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 12.8 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 13.4 mi
  • the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 14.9 mi
  • Ghost Town Village: 16.3 mi
  • Declaration of Independence: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cold Springs Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Cosby Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Murray Branch Recreation Area: 13.8 mi
  • Heintooga Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
Springs: 7
Attractions: 7
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 10.6 mi
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 13.0 mi
  • French Broad Rafting: 16.1 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 17.3 mi
  • Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 17.9 mi
Museums: 5
  • Shook Museum: 14.9 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 16.5 mi
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 16.6 mi
  • Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 23.5 mi
  • Mountain Farm Museum: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Covered bridges: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Chief Junaluska: 14.6 mi
  • Berm Park: 17.7 mi
  • E. W. Pearson: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Susanna Wesley Garden: 14.6 mi
  • Rhododenron Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crabtree BaldSSE 148°1,621 m7.5 mi
Sandymush BaldSE 127°1,566 m7.1 mi
Little Sandymush BaldESE 120°1,480 m7.3 mi
Mary KnobESE 102°1,440 m4.4 mi
Bald KnobE 94°1,408 m3.9 mi
Max Patch MountainNNE 21°1,407 m4.1 mi
Naked Place MountainESE 111°1,406 m2.2 mi
Tennessee BluffNNE 28°1,406 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1720:1420:52
September equinox07:2118:5719:30
December solstice07:3916:4317:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586672767569594942
Precip in4.23.94.74.44.66.46.54.64.02.73.44.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Gray Petaltail20 obs
  • Brown Spiketail20 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail15 obs
  • Ebony Jewelwing14 obs
  • large white trillium13 obs
  • woodland stonecrop13 obs
  • red trillium12 obs
  • Twin-spotted Spiketail12 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357801999

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