Chestnut Top
Chestnut Top rises to 941 m in North Carolina. Laurel Mountain stands 1,246 m to the west-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Caney Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31620709, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 941 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 11.9 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
- Sleepy Gap Parking · 3 mi
- Chestnut Cove Overlook · 3 mi
- View Chesnut Cove · 3 mi
- Bad Fork Valley Overlook (MP 399.7) · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Caney Mountain: 1.4 mi
- West Knob: 1.6 mi
- Mills Knob: 1.7 mi
- Hogback Knob: 1.7 mi
- Double Knob: 1.9 mi
- Corcoran Paige River Park: 2.7 mi
- Westfeldt River Park: 3.0 mi
- Powhatan Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Lake Julian Park: 4.2 mi
- North Carolina Arboretum: 4.3 mi
- Johnny Tiller Falls: 6.6 mi
- Slate Rock Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
- Bee Branch Falls: 7.3 mi
- Turley Falls: 8.9 mi
- Bradley Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 4.7 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 4.9 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 9.1 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 10.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 11.1 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 4.0 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 4.1 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 4.1 mi
- Forest Meadow: 4.2 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 4.2 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 2.1 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 3.3 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 7.6 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 8.1 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 9.2 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 7.0 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 9.3 mi
- High Rocks: 12.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 16.9 mi
- Long Rock: 17.8 mi
- Statue of Diana: 7.4 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 9.6 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 9.7 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 9.7 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 9.7 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 7.1 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 11.0 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 11.0 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 11.1 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 11.1 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 12.1 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 13.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 14.5 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 9.3 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 10.3 mi
- Lenox Spring: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 19.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 3.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 3.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 3.6 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 8.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Chestnut Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Mountain | WSW 252° | 1,246 m | 7.1 mi |
| Rich Gap Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,230 m | 6.6 mi |
| Fork Mountain | W 279° | 1,221 m | 6.6 mi |
| Shell Knob | W 279° | 1,221 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ferrin Knob | WNW 288° | 1,211 m | 4.9 mi |
| Young Pisgah Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,197 m | 6.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,185 m | 6.0 mi |
| Green Top | WNW 297° | 1,146 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fletcher 3 W, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807010
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- Asheville · 10 mi
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