Hawk Mountain
Hawk Mountain rises to 1,013 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the west-southwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Toxaway Falls, a waterfall 1.3 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States
Wikidata Q31626610, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1013 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 2.3 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 5.4 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 3 mi
- Rainbow Falls · 4 mi
- Whitewater Falls Viewing Platform · 9 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Toxaway Falls: 1.3 mi
- Little Deep Ford Falls: 1.3 mi
- Avery Falls: 1.5 mi
- Paris Falls: 1.5 mi
- Twin Falls: 1.7 mi
- Little Panthertail Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Puncheon Camp Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Walnut Cove Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Champion Park: 6.3 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 6.6 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 9.0 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 9.4 mi
- Cashiers Village Green Park: 9.5 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 7.0 mi
- River Cliffs: 8.6 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Onion Cliff: 11.6 mi
- Dunns Rock: 12.5 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 11.2 mi
- Camp John Rock: 12.8 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 17.9 mi
- Catamount Statue: 18.2 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 9.1 mi
- M1: 13.1 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 14.7 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 17.1 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 17.6 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 16.3 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 12.9 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 15.5 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 16.2 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 17.0 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 18.1 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 22.1 mi
- English Garden: 22.1 mi
- Common Gardening: 22.6 mi
- Ear: 17.7 mi
- Chalice: 17.9 mi
- American Eclipse: 18.0 mi
- Wi: 18.1 mi
- Moai Statue: 22.7 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 21.4 mi
- South: 22.6 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 4.7 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 12.0 mi
- North Beach: 21.1 mi
- South Beach: 22.6 mi
- Cool Spring: 5.5 mi
- Moody Spring: 16.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Hawk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | WSW 255° | 1,452 m | 2.7 mi |
| Rockyface Mountain | N 4° | 1,427 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cold Mountain | WNW 301° | 1,414 m | 3.2 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | W 267° | 1,392 m | 4.4 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 267° | 1,386 m | 4.4 mi |
| Laurel Knob | W 277° | 1,380 m | 6.7 mi |
| Blackrock Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,370 m | 5.5 mi |
| Panthertail Mountain | NW 306° | 1,365 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807577
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