Big Yellow Mountain
Big Yellow Mountain rises to 1,658 m in North Carolina. Roan High Knob stands 1,916 m to the west, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Hump Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Big Yellow Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 5,443 feet (1,659 m). The mountain generates feeder streams for the North Toe River. Though named Big Yellow Mountain, it is actually 64 ft (20 m) lower than nearby Little Yellow Mountain.
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Wikidata Q4906702, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1658 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 9.1 mi off the Little Parkway
- 10.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 10.9 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lost Cove Cliffs Overlook (MP 310) · 10 mi
- Little Bald Overlook · 10 mi
- Camp Creek Overlook (MP 315.6) · 11 mi
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Hump Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Hump Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Hump Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Yellow Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Bearpen Rock: 2.7 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
- Jones Falls: 6.9 mi
- Splash Dam Falls: 7.5 mi
- Mountaineer Falls: 7.9 mi
- Buckeye Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
- Bobby McLean Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
- Roan Mountain State Park: 5.6 mi
- Roby Shomaker Wetlands and Family Recreation Park: 5.7 mi
- Avery Square: 5.8 mi
- Avery County Recreation Complex: 5.9 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 11.3 mi
- Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 15.5 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 17.4 mi
- SPMS Billboard: 13.6 mi
- The Market on Oak: 13.6 mi
- Art & Frame Store: 13.7 mi
- Mosaic Mural: 13.7 mi
- The Gardener: 19.5 mi
- Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 10.3 mi
- Stack Rock: 11.6 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 12.0 mi
- Linville Caverns: 14.1 mi
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 14.6 mi
- High Point Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Coltens Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 6.7 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 5.9 mi
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 10.1 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 10.8 mi
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival: 15.3 mi
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals: 17.7 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 13.7 mi
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 20.4 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 20.4 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 20.6 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 20.6 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
- Woods Walk: 10.5 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 11.7 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 13.1 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 13.3 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 19.4 mi
- Shanty Springs: 11.7 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 13.0 mi
- Hampton Spring: 14.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 20.3 mi
- Gully Pipe: 20.5 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 13.7 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 14.5 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 15.5 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Big Yellow Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roan High Knob | W 266° | 1,916 m | 5.3 mi |
| Cloudland Mountain | W 267° | 1,883 m | 5.8 mi |
| Grassy Ridge Bald | WSW 257° | 1,879 m | 3.1 mi |
| Jane Bald | W 266° | 1,770 m | 3.7 mi |
| Round Bald | W 267° | 1,770 m | 4.3 mi |
| Hump Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,688 m | 2.2 mi |
| Little Yellow Mountain | SW 217° | 1,674 m | 3.9 mi |
| Beartown Mountain | W 276° | 1,674 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roan MTN 3SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806547
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 20 mi
- Johnson City · 23 mi
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