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Junaluska City Park

Junaluska City Park from directly overhead

Junaluska City Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1,014 m. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the north, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is North Street Park, a park 0.2 miles away. US 421 Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1014 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Boone

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.22265, -81.68169

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Arborcrest Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Jimmy Smith Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rivers House Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sanford Mall: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Hebron Colony Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Dutch Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Crab Orchard Falls: 6.4 mi
  • New Year's Creek Cascades: 6.7 mi
  • Glen Burney Falls: 6.9 mi
Artworks: 32
  • Doc Watson Statue: 0.3 mi
  • Time and Honor: 0.3 mi
  • Hellbenders: 0.3 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 0.4 mi
  • The Magic Mailbox: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 1.4 mi
  • Foggy Mountain Gem Mine: 2.6 mi
  • Tweetsie Twister: 3.8 mi
  • F-80 Jet Planes: 3.8 mi
  • Round-Up: 4.0 mi
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 12
Picnic sites: 11
Gardens: 10
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Appalachian Roots Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 0.6 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Cliffs: 10
Springs: 3
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 10.8 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Junaluska City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake MountainN 349°1,697 m7.6 mi
Rich MountainNNW 342°1,633 m6.5 mi
Pine Orchard KnobNNE 15°1,490 m7.7 mi
Harmon KnobNNW 343°1,466 m4.7 mi
Rittle KnobN 11°1,463 m7.0 mi
Rich MountainWNW 304°1,455 m1.6 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNW 344°1,407 m3.5 mi
Grassy KnobNW 312°1,403 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441495865686761514135
Precip in4.43.64.85.55.55.65.15.65.74.74.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer237 obs
  • white clover230 obs
  • garlic mustard202 obs
  • Christmas fern194 obs
  • striped wintergreen185 obs
  • ground-ivy160 obs
  • eastern white pine150 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain149 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/723274766

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