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Bull Mountain

Bull Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bull Mountain rises to 1,160 m in North Carolina. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the west-southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.8 miles away. Little Parkway runs past it.

About

The story

mountain in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31618936, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1160 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.13207, -81.71761

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • China Creek Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Thunderhole Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Hebron Colony Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Glen Burney Falls: 2.0 mi
  • New Year's Creek Cascades: 2.0 mi
Parks
  • Blowing Rock Pool: 1.9 mi
  • Broyhill Park: 2.0 mi
  • Blowing Rock City Park: 2.2 mi
  • Foscoe-Grandfather Community Center and Park: 4.4 mi
  • High Gravity Adventures: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 37
  • The Gardener: 2.2 mi
  • Jessie: 2.2 mi
  • The Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 6.0 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 3.5 mi
  • Mystery Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Mystery House: 4.6 mi
  • Tweetsie Twister: 4.7 mi
  • F-80 Jet Planes: 4.7 mi
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 14
Picnic sites: 11
Historic sites: 11
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 2.0 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 6.0 mi
  • Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 6.2 mi
  • Historic Dam Site: 6.6 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 10.5 mi
Gardens: 11
Nature reserves: 9
Springs: 4
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 5.7 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 22.8 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Elk Shoals: 22.6 mi
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Bull Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakWSW 255°1,804 m5.4 mi
Hanging RockWNW 284°1,582 m6.1 mi
Peak MountainW 269°1,473 m6.5 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 240°1,466 m4.4 mi
Rich MountainN 5°1,455 m7.2 mi
Snakeden MountainN 358°1,367 m7.7 mi
Flat Top MountainNE 46°1,362 m3.1 mi
Howard KnobNNE 19°1,343 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5219:25
December solstice07:3516:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340505764686761514234

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357806820

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