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Flattop

Flattop, seen from above at true elevation

Flattop rises to 1,432 m in North Carolina. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31424509, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1432 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.04839, -82.40865

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 46
  • Big Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Martin Creek Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Lower Higgins Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Birchfield Camp Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Sill Branch Falls: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • WWII Memorial: 6.3 mi
  • Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 8.2 mi
  • Otway Burns: 10.9 mi
  • Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 11.0 mi
  • Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 18
Artworks: 10
  • Rock Bridge: 10.9 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 11.0 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 11.0 mi
  • Stream: 11.0 mi
  • Friends: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Navitat Canopy Adventures: 17.5 mi
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 18.8 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 18.9 mi
  • Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 19.9 mi
  • French Broad Rafting: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 5
  • ETSU Community Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Mountain Gardens: 18.0 mi
  • Terrace garden: 18.0 mi
  • Camp Celo Gardens: 19.9 mi
  • Mitchell Giving Gardens: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 20.3 mi
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 21.0 mi
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 23.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Springs: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 21.2 mi
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Flattop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big BaldSW 228°1,674 m6.1 mi
Big StampSW 230°1,639 m6.0 mi
Unaka MountainNE 47°1,579 m8.6 mi
Little BaldSW 226°1,575 m4.0 mi
Upper Haw KnobSW 218°1,492 m8.0 mi
Sampson MountainSSW 197°1,454 m6.5 mi
Elk Wallow KnobSSW 210°1,452 m8.0 mi
Sampson PeakSSW 197°1,442 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:42
June solstice06:1420:1220:51
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3716:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556371747368574639
Precip in3.53.33.84.04.85.15.54.83.32.52.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1011270 — Flattop, Yancey County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357801711

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