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Grindstone Mountain

Grindstone Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Grindstone Mountain rises to 641 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Bearwallow Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31626117, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
641 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.07343, -82.90486

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Lower Bearwallow Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Teds Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Step Around Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Bear Canyon Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Eel Line Falls: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Bootleg Access Area: 6.0 mi
  • Champion Park: 6.7 mi
  • Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 8.5 mi
  • Silver Run Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 17
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 12.4 mi
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 15.8 mi
  • General Pickens Monument: 15.9 mi
  • Camp John Rock: 15.9 mi
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 16.1 mi
Museums: 11
Attractions: 9
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 13.9 mi
  • M1: 14.6 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 15.8 mi
  • The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 17.2 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 19.5 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Gardens: 6
  • Brevard Community Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 17.2 mi
  • English Garden: 17.2 mi
  • Common Gardening: 17.8 mi
  • Common Gardening: 17.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sandstone Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 9.0 mi
  • North Beach: 16.3 mi
  • South Beach: 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Ear: 22.3 mi
  • Chalice: 22.5 mi
  • American Eclipse: 22.6 mi
  • Wi: 22.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Moody Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Indian Spring: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Grindstone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Toxaway MountainNW 312°1,452 m6.0 mi
Panthertail MountainNNW 328°1,365 m7.5 mi
Sassafras MountainW 275°1,335 m7.4 mi
Ravenrock MountainNW 320°1,317 m6.8 mi
Buck KnobW 266°1,212 m7.1 mi
Bearpen MountainWNW 283°1,208 m6.8 mi
Little Panthertail MountainNNW 335°1,160 m6.4 mi
Waddle MountainWSW 258°1,160 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1920:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020567 — Grindstone Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357807538

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