Ledge Bald
Ledge Bald rises to 1,578 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Balsam High Top, a peak 1.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 8.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31630228, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1578 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.6 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 14.5 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 16.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 8 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 9 mi
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 9 mi
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Balsam High Top: 1.5 mi
- Hyatt Bald: 1.9 mi
- Balsam Corner: 2.3 mi
- Big Cataloochee Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 3.7 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 3.8 mi
- Lower Enloe Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Enloe Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 4.0 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 9.2 mi
- Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 9.7 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 10.5 mi
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 12.5 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 13.2 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 10.6 mi
- Elevated Creek Park: 10.7 mi
- Dog walking: 11.6 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 12.3 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 12.8 mi
- Masonic Monument: 7.6 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 9.7 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 12.9 mi
- 1983 Plane Crash: 13.0 mi
- Lyn Lowry Cross: 13.4 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 10.7 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 11.4 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 12.7 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 12.7 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 17.6 mi
- Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 5.4 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 8.4 mi
- Cat Stairs: 10.4 mi
- The Jumpoff: 10.5 mi
- Selu Statue: 13.3 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 15.1 mi
- Bear: 17.7 mi
- Sylva Mural: 18.6 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 18.6 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 11.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 6.2 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 7.1 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 13.2 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 16.1 mi
- Burnett Spring: 20.4 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 13.0 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 15.0 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 17.5 mi
- Vista Gardens: 17.6 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 9.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 12.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Greenbrier: 12.1 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 17.1 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 23.3 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 10.4 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Ledge Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | NW 324° | 2,019.13 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Chapman | NW 308° | 1,960.2 m | 4.9 mi |
| Old Black | NNW 329° | 1,938.61 m | 5.8 mi |
| Luftee Knob | NNW 348° | 1,894.26 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | NW 324° | 1,883.44 m | 4.4 mi |
| Marks Knob | NW 315° | 1,878.29 m | 3.7 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | NE 36° | 1,875.19 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Hardison | NW 320° | 1,874.57 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:44 | 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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 988282 — Ledge Bald, Haywood County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357776701
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