Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 855 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the north-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Paw Paw Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1019638).
Wikidata Q31620580, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 855 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 2.0 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 7.3 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 7.9 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 1 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 5 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 15 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Paw Paw Falls: 0.8 mi
- Chute Falls: 0.8 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 0.8 mi
- Indian Camp Falls: 0.8 mi
- Indian Branch Falls: 0.9 mi
- Grindstone Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Rocky Knobs: 2.3 mi
- Roundtop: 2.3 mi
- Crossroads Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Misery Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 6.0 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 7.2 mi
- Champion Park: 8.0 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 9.1 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 9.8 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 11.4 mi
- River Cliffs: 12.3 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 11.1 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 15.1 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 15.7 mi
- Camp John Rock: 16.6 mi
- Chattooga Town: 17.6 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 14.2 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 14.6 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 15.7 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 18.7 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 18.9 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 14.7 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 12.6 mi
- M1: 15.8 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 17.7 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 18.3 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 18.6 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 7.5 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 7.6 mi
- North Beach: 16.5 mi
- South Beach: 18.0 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- Common Gardening: 18.1 mi
- English Garden: 18.7 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Cool Spring: 3.3 mi
- Moody Spring: 12.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 23.6 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- South: 18.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Ear: 20.8 mi
- Chalice: 21.1 mi
- American Eclipse: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,452 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cold Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,414 m | 6.8 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,401 m | 7.3 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | NW 315° | 1,392 m | 6.1 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 315° | 1,386 m | 6.1 mi |
| Panthertail Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,365 m | 6.5 mi |
| Shelton Pisgah Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,365 m | 7.3 mi |
| Big Pisgah Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,342 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019638 — Chestnut Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806978
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