Cattail Peak
Cattail Peak rises to 1,986 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the south-southwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Potato Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31619938, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,986 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 15.1 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 15.9 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Galvladi Falls: 0.4 mi
- Guyot Falls: 0.9 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 0.9 mi
- Timber Falls: 0.9 mi
- Crevice Falls: 1.0 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Toe River Campground: 6.0 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 8.6 mi
- Lincoln Park: 9.0 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 9.0 mi
- Potato Hill: 0.3 mi
- Balsam Cone: 0.5 mi
- Middle Ridge Bald: 1.0 mi
- Big Tom: 1.2 mi
- Maple Camp Bald: 1.2 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.6 mi
- Otway Burns: 8.6 mi
- Gillespie Gap: 12.2 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 12.4 mi
- Friends: 8.6 mi
- Stream: 8.6 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 8.6 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 8.6 mi
- Rock Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 2.2 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 8.7 mi
- McElroy House: 8.7 mi
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals: 12.2 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 12.4 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 6.9 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 10.1 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 10.3 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 12.5 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 12.7 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 3.6 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 13.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 7.1 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 8.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 9.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 20.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 22.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 9.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 20.9 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Coltens Cliff: 22.4 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 6.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 6.6 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.6 mi
- Gully Pipe: 20.0 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 20.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 2.1 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 3.0 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 13.4 mi
- Boat beach: 21.4 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 17.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 17.2 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Lost Cove: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Cattail Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | SSW 191° | 2,038 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Craig | S 191° | 2,023 m | 1.4 mi |
| Balsam Cone | S 173° | 2,007 m | 0.5 mi |
| Big Tom | S 187° | 2,002 m | 1.2 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SSW 201° | 1,981 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | SSW 202° | 1,971 m | 4.4 mi |
| Potato Knob | SSW 203° | 1,946 m | 5.0 mi |
| Potato Hill | NE 39° | 1,942 m | 0.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1010111 — Cattail Peak, Yancey County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357801144
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