Flat Top
Flat Top rises to 1,215 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the south-southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is High Hickory Knob, a peak 0.2 miles away. Drovers Road passes 3.7 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31424502, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,215 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 4.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 4.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Tom's Falls: 7.7 mi
- Davids Falls: 7.8 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 7.9 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 8.3 mi
- Catawba Falls: 8.5 mi
- High Hickory Knob: 0.2 mi
- Potato Knob: 1.7 mi
- Jesses High Top: 2.0 mi
- Black Knob: 2.8 mi
- High Windy: 3.0 mi
- Grovemont Park: 2.4 mi
- Charles D. Owen District Park: 3.2 mi
- Christmas Tree Stand: 3.5 mi
- Entry-Way Garden: 3.7 mi
- Formal Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 6.3 mi
- Potato House: 7.4 mi
- The Den: 7.4 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 7.4 mi
- Tool Shed: 7.5 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 3.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 7.9 mi
- Spring Garden: 9.3 mi
- Italian Garden: 9.3 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 4.9 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 9.1 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 9.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 9.2 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 9.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 3.4 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 5.6 mi
- Statue of Diana: 9.1 mi
- Wake: 9.2 mi
- Deco Gecko: 9.3 mi
- Ironland: 9.3 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 9.9 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 10.2 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 10.9 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 12.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 7.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 10.2 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 10.2 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 7.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 12.3 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 13.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 13.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 4.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 11.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 11.3 mi
- Lenox Spring: 18.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 21.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 21.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 15.1 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 19.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 23.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 14.7 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Flat Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,341 m | 6.1 mi |
| Jesses High Top | E 83° | 1,326 m | 2.0 mi |
| High Windy | E 96° | 1,321 m | 3.0 mi |
| High Swan | NNW 330° | 1,300 m | 7.0 mi |
| Black Knob | ESE 109° | 1,291 m | 2.8 mi |
| Brushy Knob | NE 37° | 1,274 m | 7.2 mi |
| High Top | E 85° | 1,263 m | 3.5 mi |
| High Hickory Knob | NW 306° | 1,231 m | 0.2 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 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020280 — Flat Top, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807345
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- Asheville · 9 mi
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