Flat Top Mountain
Flat Top Mountain rises to 1,362 m in North Carolina. Pilot Knob stands 1,466 m to the southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Deck Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Little Parkway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31623992, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,362 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Little Parkway
- 0.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.6 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 6.4 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Moses Cone Overlook · 1 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 3 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Year's Creek Cascades: 2.6 mi
- Glen Burney Falls: 2.7 mi
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 2.9 mi
- Lower Glen Marie Falls: 2.9 mi
- China Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- High Gravity Adventures: 1.7 mi
- Sterling Creek Park: 1.9 mi
- Blowing Rock Pool: 2.0 mi
- Broyhill Park: 2.0 mi
- Blowing Rock City Park: 2.0 mi
- Deck Hill: 1.2 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 2.0 mi
- Yarnall Knob: 2.3 mi
- Green Knob: 2.4 mi
- Jessie: 2.0 mi
- The Gardener: 2.0 mi
- Founders Bell: 3.4 mi
- The Rock: 3.4 mi
- Aspire: 3.5 mi
- Tweetsie Twister: 1.7 mi
- F-80 Jet Planes: 1.7 mi
- Tornado: 1.7 mi
- Buckaroo Drop: 1.7 mi
- Round-Up: 1.7 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 1.3 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 1.8 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 2.1 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 2.2 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 3.2 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 2.3 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 3.5 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 3.7 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 13.1 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Woods Walk: 10.5 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 5.0 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 9.8 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 10.3 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 11.2 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 3.6 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 3.6 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 3.7 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 1.8 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 17.8 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 7.5 mi
- Shanty Springs: 8.5 mi
- Mortimer: 13.1 mi
- Elk Shoals: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Flat Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | SW 234° | 1,466 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | N 351° | 1,407 m | 7.5 mi |
| Snakeden Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,367 m | 6.1 mi |
| Howard Knob | N 1° | 1,343 m | 4.7 mi |
| White Rock | W 274° | 1,304 m | 7.7 mi |
| Nettle Knob | W 272° | 1,284 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rich Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,281 m | 1.8 mi |
| Bentley Knob | E 94° | 1,256 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1011267 — Flat Top Mountain, Watauga County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357801709
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