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Flat Top Mountain

Flat Top Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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
1362 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.16282, -81.67793

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Waterfalls
  • 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
Artworks: 32
Attractions: 26
  • 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
Museums: 17
Historic sites: 11
  • 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
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 11
Gardens: 10
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 8.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Flat Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobSW 234°1,466 m7.4 mi
Rich MountainNNW 343°1,455 m5.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainN 351°1,407 m7.5 mi
Grassy KnobNNW 337°1,403 m6.9 mi
Snakeden MountainNNW 336°1,367 m6.1 mi
Howard KnobN 1°1,343 m4.7 mi
White RockW 274°1,304 m7.7 mi
Nettle KnobW 272°1,284 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3717:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340505764686761514234

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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