Flat Creek Bald
Flat Creek Bald rises to 1,600 m in North Carolina. Waterrock Knob stands 1,904 m to the south-southeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Heintooga Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31623882, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,600.49 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.8 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 12.7 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 13.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 3 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 3 mi
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 3 mi
- Bunches Bald Overlook (MP 459.5) · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Heintooga Bald: 0.8 mi
- Cataloochee Balsam: 1.1 mi
- Balsam Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Locust Knob: 1.3 mi
- Whim Knob: 1.8 mi
- Flat Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Fountain Branch Falls: 4.7 mi
- Buckshot Falls: 5.0 mi
- Big Boy Falls: 5.1 mi
- Great Blue Heron Falls: 5.2 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 6.0 mi
- Elevated Creek Park: 6.2 mi
- Dog walking: 9.0 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 9.1 mi
- Pinnacle Park: 9.2 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 5.2 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 6.3 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 9.4 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 9.6 mi
- Historical Downtown: 12.1 mi
- Masonic Monument: 2.3 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 5.2 mi
- 1983 Plane Crash: 7.7 mi
- Lyn Lowry Cross: 8.2 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 9.6 mi
- Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 9.1 mi
- The Jumpoff: 12.5 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 13.6 mi
- Cat Stairs: 14.7 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 6.9 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 7.8 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 9.5 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 9.6 mi
- Shook Museum: 15.0 mi
- Selu Statue: 9.6 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 12.1 mi
- Sylva Mural: 13.5 mi
- Moai Statue: 13.6 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 13.6 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 14.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 9.7 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 11.9 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 14.6 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 17.2 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 10.1 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 11.8 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 16.9 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 18.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 12.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 17.5 mi
- Greenbrier: 16.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 18.8 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 19.1 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 21.5 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 7.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Flat Creek Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterrock Knob | SSE 161° | 1,904 m | 7.5 mi |
| Browning Knob | SSE 159° | 1,888 m | 7.7 mi |
| Marks Knob | NNW 335° | 1,878 m | 8.7 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | N 3° | 1,875 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Lyn Lowry | SSE 150° | 1,873 m | 8.2 mi |
| Plott Balsam | SE 139° | 1,856 m | 8.0 mi |
| Balsam Corner | N 0° | 1,842 m | 7.2 mi |
| Big Butt | N 5° | 1,838 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:14 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 7 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/357807335
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