Hallback
Hallback rises to 1,923 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the north-northeast, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherry Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.8 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31626288, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,923 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 15.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 15.6 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 2.0 mi
- Setrock Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 3.2 mi
- Galvladi Falls: 3.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 7.1 mi
- Welsh Field: 7.4 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 9.3 mi
- Cherry Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Mount Gibbes: 0.9 mi
- Clingmans Peak: 1.1 mi
- Commissary Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mount Mitchell: 1.3 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 9.8 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 10.1 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 11.5 mi
- Spring House: 11.5 mi
- Tennis Court: 11.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 10.9 mi
- Friends: 11.6 mi
- Stream: 11.7 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 11.7 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 11.7 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 7.0 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 8.7 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 9.8 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 9.9 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 15.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 1.4 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 9.5 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 9.8 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.0 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 11.8 mi
- Terrace garden: 7.0 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 7.0 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 7.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 11.7 mi
- Rocky Knob: 3.6 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 5.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 17.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 5.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 21.2 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 23.9 mi
- The Pinnacles: 24.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 3.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 3.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 11.2 mi
- Gully Pipe: 21.7 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 22.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 1.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 5.7 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 16.4 mi
- Boat beach: 22.3 mi
- Swimming beach: 22.3 mi
- Lost Cove: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hallback. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | NNE 29° | 2,038 m | 1.3 mi |
| Mount Craig | NNE 22° | 2,023 m | 2.2 mi |
| Balsam Cone | NNE 22° | 2,007 m | 3.0 mi |
| Big Tom | NNE 23° | 2,002 m | 2.3 mi |
| Cattail Peak | NNE 18° | 1,986 m | 3.5 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SSW 211° | 1,981 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | SW 217° | 1,971 m | 0.9 mi |
| Potato Knob | SSW 213° | 1,946 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357805389
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