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Green Cove Mountain

Green Cove Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Green Cove Mountain rises to 1,163 m in North Carolina. Whitetop Mountain stands 1,684 m to the north-northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Spring Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. New River Valley Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31625909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1163 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.50345, -81.64289

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 50
  • Ralph Stout Park: 9.4 mi
  • Paddy Mountain Park: 10.3 mi
  • Ashe County Park: 10.6 mi
  • Bowie Seagrave Memorial Park: 10.9 mi
  • Back Street Park: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 23
Waterfalls: 17
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Bluff Mountain Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Newman Basket Company: 12.1 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 19.8 mi
  • Hellbenders: 19.8 mi
  • Time and Honor: 19.8 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 19.9 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 9.3 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 11.4 mi
  • AT2020: 11.4 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 12.1 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 13.0 mi
Museums: 12
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 11.1 mi
  • Children's Playhouse: 19.8 mi
  • Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 20.4 mi
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 5
Springs: 3
  • Boiling Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Cave Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Brig Spring: 8.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Green Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitetop MountainNNE 13°1,684 m9.6 mi
The PeakS 180°1,573 m6.9 mi
Buzzard RockN 9°1,553 m9.2 mi
Bluff MountainSSE 153°1,542 m8.7 mi
Three Top MountainSSE 149°1,530 m6.4 mi
Beech MountainN 6°1,513 m9.2 mi
Pond MountainN 353°1,511 m5.0 mi
Old Field BaldS 179°1,506 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:0920:1020:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3616:3517:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357807521

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