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Cowpen Top

Cowpen Top, seen from above at true elevation

Cowpen Top rises to 1,174 m in North Carolina. Big Cataloochee Mountain stands 1,875 m to the west, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Piney Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 6.4 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31621671, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1174 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.66816, -83.05653

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
  • West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Mouse Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Little Fall Branch Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Gunter Fork Cascades: 7.9 mi
Parks: 58
Historic sites: 20
  • Ghost Town Village: 10.1 mi
  • Masonic Monument: 11.2 mi
  • the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
  • Lyn Lowry Cross: 14.4 mi
  • 1983 Plane Crash: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 7.1 mi
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 11.6 mi
  • Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 11.6 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 12.8 mi
  • Soco Falls Overlook: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 11
Springs: 6
Artworks: 6
  • Chief Junaluska: 10.7 mi
  • Berm Park: 17.2 mi
  • Selu Statue: 19.6 mi
  • Sylva Mural: 22.4 mi
  • Moai Statue: 22.4 mi
Museums: 6
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Shook Museum: 12.2 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 15.4 mi
  • Mountain Farm Museum: 17.6 mi
  • Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Susanna Wesley Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Rhododenron Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 19.6 mi
  • Sylva Community Garden: 22.4 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Covered bridges: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Cowpen Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cataloochee MountainW 272°1,875.19 m6.7 mi
Balsam CornerW 272°1,841.53 m7.0 mi
Big ButtW 272°1,838.05 m6.4 mi
Mount SterlingWNW 302°1,780.95 m4.4 mi
Balsam High TopW 267°1,743 m7.6 mi
Spruce MountainWSW 240°1,721.21 m7.6 mi
Hemphill BaldSSW 200°1,693.56 m7.7 mi
Crabtree BaldE 99°1,621 m8.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:1820:1420:52
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3916:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845536066696863534438

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019823 — Cowpen Top, Haywood County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357807093

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