Big Ball
Big Ball rises to 1,254 m in North Carolina. Roan High Knob stands 1,916 m to the east-southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Piney Ball, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31616670, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1254 m
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 20.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 21.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 22.3 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- North Toe River Valley (MP 318.4) · 21 mi
- Camp Creek Overlook (MP 315.6) · 22 mi
- The Loops Overlook · 22 mi
- North Cove Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Piney Ball: 1.2 mi
- Unaka Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Loggy Knob: 1.6 mi
- Little Bald Knob: 1.7 mi
- Elkwallow Knob: 1.7 mi
- Unaka Mountain Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Limestone Cove Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- Fishery Park: 7.0 mi
- Veterans Park: 8.1 mi
- Eugene P. Price Kiwanis Park: 8.5 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 1.6 mi
- Martin Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 8.4 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 12.2 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Coltens Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Stony Point: 9.4 mi
- Flagpole Point: 10.7 mi
- Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 1.6 mi
- WWII Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 11.9 mi
- Carillion: 13.1 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 6.9 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 6.9 mi
- McElroy House: 14.7 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 14.7 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 14.9 mi
- Rock Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 14.8 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 14.8 mi
- Stream: 14.8 mi
- Friends: 14.8 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 14.6 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 22.7 mi
- Woods Walk: 24.4 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 13.6 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 13.8 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 15.8 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 21.7 mi
- Linville Caverns: 23.7 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 12.8 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 18.7 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 20.3 mi
- Terrace garden: 20.3 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 21.7 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 13.2 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 20.4 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 14.5 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 18.8 mi
- Lost Cove: 8.2 mi
- Hampton Spring: 12.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Big Ball. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roan High Knob | ESE 101° | 1,916 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cloudland Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,883 m | 8.2 mi |
| Round Bald | E 99° | 1,770 m | 9.7 mi |
| Jane Bald | E 99° | 1,770 m | 10.3 mi |
| Beartown Mountain | E 95° | 1,674 m | 7.7 mi |
| Unaka Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,579 m | 1.3 mi |
| Yellow Spot | ESE 123° | 1,554 m | 6.9 mi |
| Fork Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,521 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:39 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356847528
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 13 mi
- Elizabethton · 14 mi
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