Hooper Bald
Hooper Bald rises to 1,650 m in North Carolina. Huckleberry Knob stands 1,696 m to the north, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head, a rest area 0.4 miles away. Cherohala Skyway runs past it.
The story
Hooper Bald is a grassy bald mountain in the Unicoi Mountain Range located in the Cheoah Ranger District (northwestern district) of Nantahala National Forest in Graham County, North Carolina, United States. The summit is 5,429 ft/1,655 m.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q5898352, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1650 m
How to reach it
- On the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 8.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 15.2 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hooper Point Overlook · 1 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 1 mi
- Haw Knob · 2 mi
- Sunset Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Huckleberry Knob: 1.1 mi
- Big Junction: 1.6 mi
- Little Huckleberry Knob: 1.7 mi
- Laurel Top: 1.7 mi
- Haw Knob: 1.8 mi
- Blue Boar Falls: 1.5 mi
- Hooper Falls: 1.5 mi
- Mitchell Lick Falls: 1.5 mi
- Lower Cold Branch Falls: 2.8 mi
- Upper Cold Branch Falls: 2.9 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook: 1.1 mi
- Swan Cabin: 3.6 mi
- Fall Branch Scenic Area: 5.3 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 9.2 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 5.0 mi
- Tree of Shame: 11.9 mi
- All Nations Cross: 18.8 mi
- Golgotha Hill: 19.2 mi
- Garden Tomb: 19.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.8 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Winding Stairs: 18.7 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Trees Plaque: 15.5 mi
- Site of Fort Butler: 15.7 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 10.5 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 10.6 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 15.3 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 17.6 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 22.7 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 24.1 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 18.7 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 18.7 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 18.7 mi
- Calderwood: 13.3 mi
- Proctor: 19.0 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 22.5 mi
- Wine Spring: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Hooper Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Knob | N 2° | 1,696 m | 1.1 mi |
| Haw Knob | W 278° | 1,662 m | 1.8 mi |
| Big Junction | WSW 259° | 1,638 m | 1.6 mi |
| Little Huckleberry Knob | N 4° | 1,636 m | 1.7 mi |
| Laurel Top | WSW 249° | 1,615 m | 1.7 mi |
| Little Haw Knob | WNW 285° | 1,562 m | 2.4 mi |
| Grassy Top | WSW 243° | 1,514 m | 2.6 mi |
| Johns Knob | NW 310° | 1,491 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:49 | 17:28 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tapoco, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020822 — Hooper Bald, Graham County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807733
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