Grassy Top
Grassy Top rises to 1,514 m in North Carolina. Huckleberry Knob stands 1,696 m to the northeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mitchell Lick, a peak 0.7 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31427766, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,514 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 13.9 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Overlook · 1 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 2 mi
- Haw Knob · 2 mi
- Whig Cove · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mitchell Lick: 0.7 mi
- Laurel Top: 0.9 mi
- Big Junction: 1.2 mi
- Haw Knob: 1.5 mi
- Little Haw Knob: 1.8 mi
- Blue Boar Falls: 1.5 mi
- Hooper Falls: 1.6 mi
- Mitchell Lick Falls: 1.6 mi
- Tellico Falls: 2.1 mi
- Sassafras Falls: 4.5 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook: 1.8 mi
- Fall Branch Scenic Area: 4.8 mi
- Swan Cabin: 5.1 mi
- Holly Flats Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 7.5 mi
- Tree of Shame: 13.9 mi
- All Nations Cross: 16.3 mi
- Golgotha Hill: 16.7 mi
- Garden Tomb: 16.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.4 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Trees Plaque: 14.2 mi
- Site of Fort Butler: 14.3 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 13.0 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 13.1 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 14.0 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 15.7 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 22.5 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 24.3 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 17.9 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 17.9 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 18.0 mi
- Calderwood: 14.8 mi
- Proctor: 21.6 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Grassy Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Knob | NE 46° | 1,696 m | 3.3 mi |
| Haw Knob | NNE 19° | 1,662 m | 1.5 mi |
| Hooper Bald | ENE 63° | 1,650 m | 2.6 mi |
| Big Junction | NE 43° | 1,638 m | 1.2 mi |
| Little Huckleberry Knob | NE 41° | 1,636 m | 3.7 mi |
| Laurel Top | NE 52° | 1,615 m | 0.9 mi |
| Little Haw Knob | N 359° | 1,562 m | 1.8 mi |
| Johns Knob | N 6° | 1,491 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:49 | 17:28 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tapoco, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1011662 — Grassy Top, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/356773623
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