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Little Bald

Little Bald, seen from above at true elevation

Little Bald rises to 1,575 m in Tennessee. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the southwest, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Stamp, a peak 1.9 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 6.7 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Yancey County, North Carolina and Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States.

Wikidata Q31630545, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,575 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.00771, -82.46056

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Upper Laurel Community Center Park: 8.1 mi
  • Veterans Park: 9.4 mi
  • Eugene P. Price Kiwanis Park: 9.6 mi
  • Unicoi Wildlife Management Area: 10.6 mi
  • Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 10.7 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 52
  • Big Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Lower Higgins Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Birchfield Camp Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Wilderness Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Longarm Branch Falls: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Moye Rest: 7.0 mi
  • WWII Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Otway Burns: 11.0 mi
  • Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 11.0 mi
  • Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 15
Artworks: 9
  • Rock Bridge: 11.0 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 11.0 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 11.0 mi
  • Friends: 11.0 mi
  • Stream: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Navitat Canopy Adventures: 14.6 mi
  • Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 17.1 mi
  • French Broad Rafting: 18.6 mi
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 22.2 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 19.9 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
  • Overlook Access: 21.8 mi
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Mountain Gardens: 17.9 mi
  • Terrace garden: 17.9 mi
  • Camp Celo Gardens: 19.9 mi
  • ETSU Community Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Mitchell Giving Gardens: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Springs: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Little Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big BaldSW1,674 m2.1 mi
Big StampWSW1,639 m1.9 mi
Upper Haw KnobSSW1,492 m4.0 mi
Sampson MountainSSE1,454 m3.5 mi
Elk Wallow KnobSSW1,452 m4.3 mi
Sampson PeakSSE1,442 m3.5 mi
Firescald MountainS1,442 m3.9 mi
FlattopNE1,432 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:42
June solstice06:1420:1320:51
September equinox07:1818:5519:28
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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356773660

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