Graybeard Mountain
Graybeard Mountain rises to 1,635 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Slaty, a peak 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.0 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31625843, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,635 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.8 mi off the Drovers Road
- 15.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Welsh Field: 2.8 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 3.9 mi
- Town Square: 4.8 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 4.8 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 4.9 mi
- Big Slaty: 0.2 mi
- Little Slaty: 0.6 mi
- Walker's Knob: 0.7 mi
- Middle Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 0.9 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 0.8 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 4.1 mi
- Cascades Falls: 4.7 mi
- Slick Falls: 5.0 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.1 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 7.4 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 7.9 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 9.1 mi
- Potato House: 9.1 mi
- Spring House: 9.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 7.1 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 11.3 mi
- Terrace garden: 11.5 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 11.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 6.4 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 10.9 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 15.8 mi
- Deco Gecko: 15.8 mi
- Passage: 16.0 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 7.5 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 9.2 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 9.3 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 11.3 mi
- Ironland: 15.8 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 4.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 5.9 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 7.4 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 7.5 mi
- Historic Carson House: 13.4 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 2.6 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 5.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 15.1 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 0.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 17.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 19.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 19.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 2.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 2.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 6.6 mi
- Gully Pipe: 24.3 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 24.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 15.8 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 20.4 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 23.3 mi
- Boat beach: 23.8 mi
- Swimming beach: 23.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 6.0 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 9.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Graybeard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | NNE 17° | 2,038 m | 5.8 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | N 8° | 1,981 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | N 8° | 1,971 m | 3.8 mi |
| Potato Knob | N 4° | 1,946 m | 3.2 mi |
| Hallback | NNE 13° | 1,923 m | 4.6 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | NNW 341° | 1,910 m | 4.0 mi |
| Craggy Dome | WNW 290° | 1,853 m | 4.3 mi |
| Patton Knob | N 351° | 1,828 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807519
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