Devils Race Patch
Devils Race Patch rises to 1,565 m in North Carolina. Silers Bald stands 1,706 m to the east, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Thunderhead Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31622439, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,564.85 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 15.7 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 12 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 16 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 16 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thunderhead Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Rocky Top: 0.7 mi
- Blockhouse Mountain: 0.7 mi
- De Armond Bald: 1.3 mi
- Brier Knob: 1.5 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 8.0 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 8.7 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 9.5 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 11.9 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 12.8 mi
- Indian Flats Falls: 4.6 mi
- Lynn Camp Falls: 4.6 mi
- Spruce Flats Falls: 5.4 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 5.6 mi
- Marks Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Mynatt Park: 14.5 mi
- Swain County Park: 14.9 mi
- David Monteith Park: 15.2 mi
- MacNeill Park: 16.9 mi
- Riverfront Park: 16.9 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 8.7 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 14.7 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 14.8 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 15.7 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 16.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Emert Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Alum Cave: 15.5 mi
- The Jump-up: 15.6 mi
- Morton Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 12.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Fort Harry: 14.0 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 17.5 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 5.0 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Bear: 15.6 mi
- Fish: 17.9 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 20.3 mi
- Veterans Statue: 22.7 mi
- Dolly Parton: 22.7 mi
- Proctor: 6.0 mi
- Elkmont: 9.5 mi
- Judson: 13.3 mi
- Calderwood: 16.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 12.2 mi
- Greenbrier: 20.8 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 23.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 15.3 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 22.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Devils Race Patch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silers Bald | E 86° | 1,706 m | 7.8 mi |
| Thunderhead Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,685 m | 0.7 mi |
| Rocky Top | WNW 303° | 1,657 m | 0.7 mi |
| Blockhouse Mountain | SW 216° | 1,651 m | 0.7 mi |
| Cold Spring Knob | ENE 74° | 1,596 m | 5.5 mi |
| Brier Knob | ENE 58° | 1,591 m | 1.5 mi |
| High Rocks | SE 131° | 1,578 m | 6.1 mi |
| Welch Bald | SE 140° | 1,578 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807175
Take the scenic way to Devils Race Patch.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.