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Chestnut Mountain

Chestnut Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Chestnut Mountain rises to 1,013 m in North Carolina. Bald Knob stands 1,453 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lovers Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States of America; geonames ID = 4460562

Wikidata Q31620604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1013 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.14760, -82.90069

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Lovers Falls: 0.6 mi
  • McCall Mill Shoals: 0.9 mi
  • Plaid Falls: 1.6 mi
  • First Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Second Falls: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Champion Park: 4.3 mi
  • Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 7.6 mi
  • Canada Community Park: 10.7 mi
  • Silver Run Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Bootleg Access Area: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 20
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 10.7 mi
  • Camp John Rock: 11.3 mi
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 15.9 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 16.1 mi
  • Lake Wattacoo: 18.6 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 10.5 mi
  • M1: 11.1 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 15.7 mi
  • 1915 Climax Locomotive: 15.7 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 15.9 mi
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Brevard Community Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Cullowhee Community Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 21.2 mi
  • English Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Common Gardening: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Ear: 19.2 mi
  • Chalice: 19.3 mi
  • American Eclipse: 19.4 mi
  • Wi: 19.5 mi
  • Moai Statue: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 20.1 mi
  • South: 23.0 mi
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 12.3 mi
  • North Beach: 21.4 mi
  • South Beach: 23.0 mi
Springs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 22.6 mi
  • Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNNW 349°1,453 m6.9 mi
Toxaway MountainWSW 257°1,452 m4.8 mi
Rockyface MountainNNW 347°1,427 m6.7 mi
Cold MountainWNW 285°1,414 m5.0 mi
Bruce KnobN 353°1,401 m6.9 mi
Little Hogback MountainW 265°1,392 m6.5 mi
Hogback MountainW 265°1,386 m6.5 mi
Blackrock MountainWNW 284°1,370 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1820:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019639 — Chestnut Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357806979

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