Little Hogback Mountain
Little Hogback Mountain rises to 1,392 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the east-southeast, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hogback Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Waterfall Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31630908, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,392 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 3.7 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 8.9 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 9.6 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 5 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 7 mi
- Rough Butt Bald Overlook (MP 425.4) · 12 mi
- Wolf Mountain Overlook (MP 424.8) · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Toxaway Falls: 0.6 mi
- Panthertown Creek Falls: 0.8 mi
- Halfway Falls: 1.2 mi
- Carlton Falls: 1.2 mi
- Greenland Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 5.2 mi
- Cashiers Village Green Park: 5.2 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 5.7 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 5.9 mi
- Cedar Cliff Lake Access: 8.6 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Dobson Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bald Rock Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Little Bald Rock Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Big Green Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 4.7 mi
- River Cliffs: 6.7 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 7.5 mi
- Onion Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 12.5 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 12.9 mi
- Catamount Statue: 15.3 mi
- Camp John Rock: 16.1 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 18.0 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 11.5 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 15.1 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 17.0 mi
- American Museum of the House Cat: 18.4 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 19.8 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 6.9 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 12.5 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 16.4 mi
- M1: 17.1 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 20.0 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 12.3 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 15.5 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 20.2 mi
- Franklin Garden: 20.9 mi
- Common Gardening: 23.0 mi
- Ear: 14.8 mi
- Chalice: 15.1 mi
- American Eclipse: 15.2 mi
- Moai Statue: 20.0 mi
- Sylva Mural: 20.0 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 2.0 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 13.0 mi
- North Beach: 21.6 mi
- South Beach: 22.9 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- South: 23.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.0 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 21.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Cool Spring: 8.7 mi
- Moody Spring: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Little Hogback Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,452 m | 1.8 mi |
| Cold Mountain | NE 41° | 1,414 m | 2.5 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WNW 296° | 1,406 m | 4.2 mi |
| Glassyrock Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,404 m | 5.3 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | SW 228° | 1,401 m | 3.8 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | N 0° | 1,386 m | 0.0 mi |
| Laurel Knob | WNW 295° | 1,380 m | 2.5 mi |
| Blackrock Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,370 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021198 — Little Hogback Mountain, Jackson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808000
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