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Devils Race Patch

Devils Race Patch, seen from above at true elevation

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
1564.85 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.55846, -83.70304

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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
Parks: 59
  • 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
Museums: 21
Cliffs: 17
Picnic sites: 10
  • 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
Artworks: 6
  • Bear: 15.6 mi
  • Fish: 17.9 mi
  • Sam Houston Statue: 20.3 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 22.7 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Vista Gardens: 15.3 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 22.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silers BaldE 86°1,706.06 m7.8 mi
Thunderhead MountainNNW 345°1,685.16 m0.7 mi
Rocky TopWNW 303°1,657.32 m0.7 mi
Blockhouse MountainSW 216°1,650.92 m0.7 mi
Cold Spring KnobENE 74°1,595.73 m5.5 mi
Brier KnobENE 58°1,591.05 m1.5 mi
High RocksSE 131°1,577.95 m6.1 mi
Welch BaldSE 140°1,577.95 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1620:54
September equinox07:2319:0019:33
December solstice07:4116:4717:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047566269727166564640
Precip in5.64.95.35.25.15.56.14.44.93.34.45.6

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357807175

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