Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 1,011 m in North Carolina. Grandmother Mountain stands 1,408 m to the north-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.8 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Chestnut Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 3,314 feet (1,010 m) and it also marks the corner between Avery, Burke, and Caldwell counties. The mountain generates feeder streams for the Catawba River.
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Wikidata Q5093969, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,011 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 5.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.2 mi off the Little Parkway
- 13.6 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Lost Cove Cliffs Overlook (MP 310) · 6 mi
- Erwin's View Outlook · 7 mi
- Gorge View · 7 mi
- Camp Creek Overlook (MP 315.6) · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Burnthouse Branch Falls: 1.1 mi
- Upper Raven Cliff Falls: 1.2 mi
- Lower Raven Cliff Falls: 1.2 mi
- MIddle Raven Cliff Falls: 1.2 mi
- Goliath Falls: 1.2 mi
- Sugar Knob: 1.8 mi
- Woodcock Knob: 2.2 mi
- Little Chestnut Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Yellow Buck Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Windling Stair Knob: 2.7 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Point Park: 7.3 mi
- Crossnore Town Park: 7.8 mi
- Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 7.9 mi
- Norris Clifton Park: 9.7 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 11.8 mi
- The Gardener: 13.9 mi
- Jessie: 13.9 mi
- Mosaic Mural: 15.0 mi
- Art & Frame Store: 15.0 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 5.4 mi
- Linville Caverns: 7.9 mi
- Stack Rock: 8.9 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 9.1 mi
- Daffodil Flats: 10.4 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 2.6 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 9.0 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 10.9 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 13.7 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 13.8 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 3.1 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 13.5 mi
- Gillespie Gap: 15.6 mi
- Raven Cliff: 1.2 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 3.8 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 9.1 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 14.8 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 18.7 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 18.8 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 4.1 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 12.3 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 12.7 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 13.8 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Woods Walk: 8.9 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 10.0 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 10.3 mi
- Shanty Springs: 10.3 mi
- Gully Pipe: 10.4 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 14.9 mi
- Swimming beach: 15.1 mi
- Boat beach: 15.1 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 2.4 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- Mortimer: 3.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandmother Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,408 m | 7.3 mi |
| Beacon Heights | N 352° | 1,327 m | 8.4 mi |
| Little Bald | NNW 341° | 1,307 m | 6.8 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | W 262° | 1,295 m | 8.7 mi |
| Hawshaw Mountain | NW 308° | 1,295 m | 9.3 mi |
| Ball Ground Mountain | W 276° | 1,294 m | 5.3 mi |
| Gingercake Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,262 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cranberry Knob | WNW 288° | 1,258 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 34 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806993
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