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Fire Scale Mountain

Fire Scale Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fire Scale Mountain rises to 1,172 m in North Carolina. Bald Mountain stands 1,502 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Tomkins Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.

About

The story

Fire Scale Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, near the community of Deep Gap. The majority of the mountain is within the Blue Ridge Parkway. Its elevation reaches 3,845 feet (1,172 m). Split along the Eastern Continental Divide, it generates feeder streams to both the South Fork New River (via Gap Creek) and Yadkin River (via Stony Fork). Ivy Point Ridge juts out southeasterly from the mountain, which is used by US 421 to transition from the Foothills to the Mountains. Deep Gap is a natural gap adjacent to the mountain; it provides both the name of the nearby community and the intersection of the Blue Ridge Parkway and US 421.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5451429, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1172 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.23318, -81.49177

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tomkins Knob: 1.0 mi
  • Wolf Knob: 1.9 mi
  • Osborne Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Chestnut Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Henson Mountain: 3.2 mi
Parks
  • Buck Mountain Community Pond: 5.5 mi
  • Todd Island Park: 5.6 mi
  • OutDoor Activity Center (OAC): 5.6 mi
  • Staghorn Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Rocky Knob Mtn Bike Park: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 47
  • The Cascades: 2.3 mi
  • Blue Hole Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Betsy's Rock Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Dugger Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Amadehy Falls: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 32
Attractions: 26
Museums: 16
Gardens: 10
Nature reserves: 10
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Historic sites: 7
Springs: 2
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Fire Scale Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNW 338°1,502 m10.0 mi
Black MountainNW 318°1,406 m10.2 mi
Laurel Knob MountainNNW 333°1,380 m9.5 mi
Howard KnobW 269°1,343 m10.3 mi
Mulatto MountainN 354°1,306 m7.9 mi
Nettle KnobW 279°1,282 m10.8 mi
Bentley KnobSW 233°1,256 m8.4 mi
Tomkins KnobENE 57°1,245 m1.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0419:38
June solstice06:1020:0920:47
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3416:3617:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323441495865686761514135
Precip in4.43.64.85.55.55.65.15.65.74.74.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357772774

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