Craggy Pinnacle
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Craggy Pinnacle rises to 1,780 m in North Carolina. Clingmans Peak stands 1,981 m to the east-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Craggy Dome, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States.
Wikidata Q29633881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,780 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 11.0 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 12.4 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Craggy Pinnacle Summit · 1 mi
- Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook (MP 364.5) · 1 mi
- Craggy Dome Overlook (MP 364.1) · 1 mi
- Craggy Gardens · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Welsh Field: 5.9 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 6.3 mi
- Grovemont Park: 6.6 mi
- Youth Center Park: 6.6 mi
- Town Square: 6.7 mi
- Craggy Dome: 0.6 mi
- Bearpen Knob: 0.9 mi
- Craggy Knob: 1.1 mi
- Spruce Pinnacle: 1.2 mi
- Bullhead Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Cascades Falls: 0.7 mi
- Douglas Falls: 1.2 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 3.4 mi
- Walker Falls: 3.9 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 5.6 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 5.0 mi
- Spring House: 5.0 mi
- Tennis Court: 5.0 mi
- Potato House: 5.0 mi
- Tool Shed: 5.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 8.3 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 10.7 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 13.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 7.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 7.8 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 12.4 mi
- Deco Gecko: 12.5 mi
- Passage: 12.6 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 6.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 7.7 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 10.8 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 12.1 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 12.2 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 5.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 7.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 12.2 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 12.3 mi
- Ironland: 12.4 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 1.3 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 2.6 mi
- Rocky Knob: 5.2 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 11.1 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 5.0 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 15.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 21.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 21.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 20.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 20.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 6.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 6.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 8.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 7.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 12.1 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 20.7 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Craggy Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clingmans Peak | ENE 67° | 1,981 m | 5.6 mi |
| Potato Knob | ENE 69° | 1,946 m | 5.2 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | NE 54° | 1,910 m | 4.1 mi |
| Craggy Dome | ENE 75° | 1,853 m | 0.6 mi |
| Patton Knob | ENE 64° | 1,828 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | NE 51° | 1,798 m | 1.4 mi |
| Point Misery | NNE 27° | 1,736 m | 5.0 mi |
| Little Butt | NNE 21° | 1,708 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019841 — Craggy Pinnacle, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807105
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- Asheville · 13 mi
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