Chimneytop
Chimneytop rises to 577 m in North Carolina. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,208 m to the north, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Milton Bradley Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Pacolet River Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31620780, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 577 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 9.0 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 7.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 10.8 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Head · 10 mi
- Vista Rock · 10 mi
- Opera Box · 10 mi
- Exclamation Point · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Milton Bradley Falls: 0.7 mi
- Marilou Bradley Falls: 0.8 mi
- Lower Cavern Falls: 0.8 mi
- Bradley Cooper Falls: 0.8 mi
- Cavern Falls: 0.8 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Raccoon Mountain: 1.3 mi
- McCraw Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Tryon Peak: 2.6 mi
- Laurel Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Harmon Field: 5.0 mi
- Stearns Park: 5.2 mi
- Veterans Park: 5.3 mi
- Polk County Recreation Complex: 5.5 mi
- James R. Gibson Park: 5.5 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 5.2 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 5.2 mi
- Blockhouse marker: 7.6 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 7.8 mi
- Ruins Of A Portable Saw Mill: 8.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 9.1 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 20.5 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 20.7 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- House of Flags: 5.2 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 5.2 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 5.9 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 6.3 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 9.1 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 9.4 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 9.5 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.5 mi
- Southern X793: 10.5 mi
- Historical Downtown: 10.6 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Worlds Edge: 7.1 mi
- The Pinnacles: 7.2 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 7.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 8.4 mi
- Orange Bear: 10.0 mi
- Globe: 11.7 mi
- Maria: 17.3 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 20.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 21.3 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 9.3 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 9.6 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 16.5 mi
- Lenox Spring: 11.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 12.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 20.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Chimneytop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 2° | 1,208 m | 7.7 mi |
| Stony Mountain | N 0° | 1,039 m | 8.6 mi |
| Poplar Mountain | N 356° | 991 m | 6.6 mi |
| Tryon Peak | SE 139° | 986 m | 2.6 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | S 187° | 978 m | 8.6 mi |
| Wildcat Spur | N 8° | 971 m | 5.6 mi |
| White Oak Mountain | ESE 106° | 940 m | 3.5 mi |
| Cliffield Mountain | NNW 339° | 918 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tryon, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019664 — Chimneytop, Polk County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807017
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- Asheville · 25 mi
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