Commissary Hill
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Commissary Hill rises to 1,757 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the northwest, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Higgins Bald, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31621136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1757 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 14.6 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 16.1 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Higgins Bald: 0.8 mi
- Mount Mitchell: 0.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Hallback: 1.2 mi
- Bear Wallow Knob: 1.3 mi
- Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls: 0.9 mi
- Setrock Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 2.2 mi
- Middle Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Squawroot Falls: 2.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 7.2 mi
- Welsh Field: 8.1 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Toe River Campground: 8.7 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 9.6 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 9.7 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 11.5 mi
- Otway Burns: 11.6 mi
- Friends: 11.5 mi
- Stream: 11.5 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 11.5 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 11.5 mi
- Rock Bridge: 11.5 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 5.9 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 9.6 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 9.9 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 10.8 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 14.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 1.0 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 9.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 9.7 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 10.2 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Terrace garden: 6.2 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 6.3 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 11.2 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 12.4 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.3 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 6.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 7.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 18.8 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 19.8 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 22.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 23.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 3.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 3.6 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 11.7 mi
- Gully Pipe: 20.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 20.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 1.1 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 4.6 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 15.3 mi
- Boat beach: 21.1 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 15.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Lost Cove: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Commissary Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | NW 325° | 2,038 m | 0.9 mi |
| Mount Craig | NNW 348° | 2,023 m | 1.7 mi |
| Balsam Cone | N 359° | 2,007 m | 2.5 mi |
| Big Tom | N 352° | 2,002 m | 1.8 mi |
| Cattail Peak | N 358° | 1,986 m | 3.0 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SW 233° | 1,981 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | WSW 239° | 1,971 m | 2.0 mi |
| Potato Knob | SW 231° | 1,946 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357801285
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