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Chimneytop Mountain

Chimneytop Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Chimneytop Mountain rises to 1,401 m in North Carolina. Whiteside Mountain stands 1,489 m to the west-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31620792, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1401 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.10204, -83.06403

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Fulfillment Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Doghobble Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Upper Silver Run Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Coyote Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Silver Run Falls: 2.5 mi
Parks
  • McKinney Meadow: 1.8 mi
  • Cashiers Village Green Park: 2.2 mi
  • Silver Run Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Whiteside Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Dixon Park: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 14
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 9.5 mi
  • Chattooga Town: 14.6 mi
  • General Pickens Monument: 15.3 mi
  • Catamount Statue: 15.9 mi
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 16.5 mi
Museums: 13
Attractions: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 7
  • Ear: 15.4 mi
  • Chalice: 15.8 mi
  • American Eclipse: 15.9 mi
  • Wi: 15.9 mi
  • Moai Statue: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 12.4 mi
  • North Beach: 20.1 mi
  • South Beach: 21.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Moody Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Chimneytop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whiteside MountainWSW 251°1,489 m4.4 mi
Toxaway MountainENE 66°1,452 m5.0 mi
Cold MountainNE 45°1,414 m6.3 mi
Bear MountainNNW 347°1,406 m4.4 mi
Glassyrock MountainNNW 335°1,404 m5.0 mi
Little Hogback MountainNE 48°1,392 m3.8 mi
Hogback MountainNE 47°1,386 m3.8 mi
Laurel KnobN 8°1,380 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:1920:1320:50
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3716:4617:25

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357807018

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