Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock rises to 1,097 m in North Carolina. Pilot Knob stands 1,466 m to the west, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Glen Marie Falls, a waterfall 1.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31617630, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,097 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 1.6 mi off the Little Parkway
- 7.5 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 9.0 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 2 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 2 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- Moses Cone Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 1.4 mi
- Lower Glen Marie Falls: 1.4 mi
- Glen Burney Falls: 1.5 mi
- New Year's Creek Cascades: 1.5 mi
- China Creek Falls: 2.1 mi
- Blowing Rock City Park: 1.7 mi
- Broyhill Park: 1.8 mi
- Blowing Rock Pool: 1.9 mi
- Sterling Creek Park: 3.5 mi
- High Gravity Adventures: 3.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.9 mi
- Thunder Hill: 2.1 mi
- Little Rocky Knob: 2.6 mi
- Gay Mountain: 3.2 mi
- The Gardener: 1.7 mi
- Jessie: 1.7 mi
- Founders Bell: 6.9 mi
- The Rock: 6.9 mi
- Aspire: 7.0 mi
- Mystery House: 3.5 mi
- Mystery Hill: 3.5 mi
- Planes & Helicopters: 4.0 mi
- Ferris Wheel: 4.0 mi
- Tornado: 4.0 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 1.5 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 1.6 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 3.0 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 3.6 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 6.5 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Woods Walk: 10.2 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 9.5 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 10.1 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 1.6 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 6.6 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 7.0 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 10.5 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 1.7 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 7.7 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 9.1 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 11.0 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 7.0 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 7.1 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 7.1 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 7.5 mi
- Shanty Springs: 8.7 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.3 mi
- Gully Pipe: 23.7 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 3.2 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 15.6 mi
- Mortimer: 10.5 mi
- Elk Shoals: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Blowing Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | W 262° | 1,466 m | 7.0 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,362 m | 3.5 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NW 326° | 1,281 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bentley Knob | NE 41° | 1,256 m | 4.2 mi |
| Goshen Hill | NNE 29° | 1,197 m | 4.9 mi |
| Green Knob | NW 308° | 1,196 m | 4.0 mi |
| Deck Hill | N 351° | 1,186 m | 4.6 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | NE 54° | 1,185 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019225 — Blowing Rock, Caldwell County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806599
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