High Peak
High Peak rises to 829 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the west-northwest, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31424814, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 829 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 15.0 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.4 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 23 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 24 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 25 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Mountains State Park - Clear Creek Access: 3.1 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 5.4 mi
- South Mountains State Park: 7.7 mi
- Simpson Field: 8.5 mi
- Casar Park: 8.7 mi
- Rainbow Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Skull Knob: 1.0 mi
- Hickorynut Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Hickory Knob: 1.1 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 1.4 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 2.1 mi
- Black Mountain Falls: 2.4 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Pot Branch Falls: 3.1 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 9.7 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 9.8 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 9.9 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 13.1 mi
- Metcalfe Station-Lawndale Historical Society: 15.9 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Historic Beginnings: 23.3 mi
- Four Trumpets: 23.4 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 23.5 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 23.6 mi
- Something Rotten: 14.0 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 14.0 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 14.0 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 14.1 mi
- Wild Percussion: 14.1 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 10.0 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 10.1 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.4 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 19.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.7 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 24.2 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 6.3 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 10.1 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 24.5 mi
- Swimming beach: 13.2 mi
- Boat beach: 13.3 mi
- Fox Den: 15.0 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 15.3 mi
- Gully Pipe: 18.6 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 18.6 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 23.7 mi
- Raven Cliff: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of High Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | WNW 287° | 918 m | 1.8 mi |
| Hickory Knob | NW 317° | 907 m | 1.1 mi |
| Propst Mountain | WNW 294° | 905 m | 1.8 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | NW 307° | 901 m | 1.4 mi |
| Walker Top | N 6° | 886 m | 2.6 mi |
| Benn Knob | SE 127° | 882 m | 4.5 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | ENE 66° | 874 m | 0.8 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | E 94° | 870 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:39 | 17:18 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807676
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 24 mi
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