Cataloochee Balsam
Cataloochee Balsam rises to 1,819 m in North Carolina. Waterrock Knob stands 1,904 m to the south-southeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Balsam Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31619901, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,819 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 12.3 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 14.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 4 mi
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 4 mi
- Bunches Bald Overlook (MP 459.5) · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Balsam Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Flat Creek Bald: 1.1 mi
- Chiltoes Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Heintooga Bald: 1.8 mi
- Potato Hill Bald: 2.1 mi
- Flat Creek Falls: 2.2 mi
- Fountain Branch Falls: 4.8 mi
- Pothole Falls: 5.0 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 5.0 mi
- Buckshot Falls: 5.1 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 6.4 mi
- Elevated Creek Park: 6.5 mi
- Dog walking: 8.8 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 10.0 mi
- Pinnacle Park: 10.3 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 6.1 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 6.2 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 10.4 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 10.5 mi
- Historical Downtown: 12.3 mi
- Masonic Monument: 3.2 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 5.6 mi
- 1983 Plane Crash: 8.5 mi
- Lyn Lowry Cross: 8.9 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 10.5 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 7.3 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 8.6 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 10.3 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 10.5 mi
- Shook Museum: 14.9 mi
- Cliff: 8.4 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 8.6 mi
- The Jumpoff: 12.5 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 12.6 mi
- Cat Stairs: 14.2 mi
- Selu Statue: 10.6 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 12.0 mi
- Sylva Mural: 14.6 mi
- Moai Statue: 14.6 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 14.6 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 14.5 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 9.0 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 10.8 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 15.9 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 17.5 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 24.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 10.6 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 11.9 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 14.5 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 11.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 16.5 mi
- Greenbrier: 15.6 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 18.9 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 19.4 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 21.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 7.5 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 17.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Cataloochee Balsam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterrock Knob | SSE 165° | 1,904 m | 8.4 mi |
| Luftee Knob | NNW 344° | 1,894 m | 8.0 mi |
| Browning Knob | SSE 163° | 1,888 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | NNW 333° | 1,883 m | 8.8 mi |
| Marks Knob | NNW 329° | 1,878 m | 7.9 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | N 0° | 1,875 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Hardison | NNW 331° | 1,875 m | 8.4 mi |
| Thermo Knob | NNW 341° | 1,856 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:14 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 982745 — Cataloochee Balsam, Haywood County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357769965
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