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High Rocks

High Rocks, seen from above at true elevation

High Rocks rises to 1,308 m in North Carolina. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the west-southwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Beech Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 8.7 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31627643, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1308 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.02276, -82.42850

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Veterans Park: 8.1 mi
  • Eugene P. Price Kiwanis Park: 8.4 mi
  • Unicoi Wildlife Management Area: 9.6 mi
  • Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 9.9 mi
  • Upper Laurel Community Center Park: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 53
  • Big Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Martin Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Lower Higgins Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Birchfield Camp Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Wilderness Falls: 8.7 mi
Historic sites: 34
  • WWII Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Moye Rest: 9.0 mi
  • Otway Burns: 10.3 mi
  • Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.3 mi
  • Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
Museums: 17
Artworks: 10
  • Rock Bridge: 10.3 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 10.3 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 10.3 mi
  • Friends: 10.3 mi
  • Stream: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Navitat Canopy Adventures: 15.6 mi
  • Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 18.1 mi
  • French Broad Rafting: 20.7 mi
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 20.7 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Mountain Gardens: 17.3 mi
  • Terrace garden: 17.3 mi
  • Camp Celo Gardens: 19.3 mi
  • ETSU Community Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Mitchell Giving Gardens: 21.4 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 19.6 mi
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 19.9 mi
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
  • Overlook Access: 23.6 mi
Springs: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of High Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big BaldWSW 237°1,674 m4.1 mi
Big StampWSW 239°1,639 m4.0 mi
Little BaldWSW 240°1,575 m2.1 mi
Upper Haw KnobSW 220°1,492 m5.9 mi
Sampson MountainS 190°1,454 m4.5 mi
Elk Wallow KnobSSW 209°1,452 m5.9 mi
Sampson PeakS 190°1,442 m4.5 mi
Firescald MountainSSW 200°1,442 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:42
June solstice06:1420:1220:51
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3716:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556371747368574639
Precip in3.53.33.84.04.85.15.54.83.32.52.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020757 — High Rocks, Yancey County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357807687

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