Little Chestnut Mountain
Little Chestnut Mountain rises to 759 m in North Carolina. Grandmother Mountain stands 1,408 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Chestnut Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, United States, and wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 2,480 feet (756 m) and is split between Burke County and Caldwell counties. The mountain generates feeder streams for the Catawba River.
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Wikidata Q6649511, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 759 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 7.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 10.2 mi off the Little Parkway
- 12.1 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 8 mi
- Lost Cove Cliffs Overlook (MP 310) · 8 mi
- Erwin's View Outlook · 8 mi
- Gorge View · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brown Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Woodcock Knob: 1.9 mi
- Loose Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Adams Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Phillips Branch Falls: 1.9 mi
- Ten Foot Falls: 2.1 mi
- 4x4 Falls: 2.3 mi
- Ripshin Branch Falls: 2.3 mi
- Boat Buster: 2.4 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 5.9 mi
- Point Park: 9.5 mi
- Crossnore Town Park: 10.0 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 11.1 mi
- Four Trumpets: 13.1 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 13.2 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 13.3 mi
- While I Close My Eyes: 13.4 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 3.9 mi
- Linville Caverns: 9.2 mi
- Daffodil Flats: 10.4 mi
- Stack Rock: 10.6 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 10.7 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 1.5 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 10.8 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 13.1 mi
- Caldwell Historical Museum: 13.5 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 14.2 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 3.2 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 14.0 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 14.1 mi
- Raven Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 6.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 10.9 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 12.9 mi
- Community Gardens: 12.9 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 16.5 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 18.9 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 19.5 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 6.0 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 13.9 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 14.2 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 14.2 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 14.3 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Woods Walk: 10.8 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 3.7 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 24.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 24.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 9.9 mi
- Gully Pipe: 10.3 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 11.7 mi
- Shanty Springs: 12.0 mi
- Swimming beach: 14.3 mi
- Boat beach: 14.3 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 16.3 mi
- Mortimer: 3.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Little Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandmother Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,408 m | 9.2 mi |
| Little Bald | NNW 333° | 1,307 m | 8.8 mi |
| Ball Ground Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,294 m | 7.3 mi |
| Gingercake Mountain | W 269° | 1,262 m | 6.4 mi |
| Cranberry Knob | WNW 295° | 1,258 m | 6.7 mi |
| Camp Creek Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,254 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sitting Bear Mountain | W 263° | 1,248 m | 6.4 mi |
| Flat Rock | NNW 328° | 1,248 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 34 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357802418
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- Hickory · 29 mi
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