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Little Panthertail Mountain

Little Panthertail Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Panthertail Mountain rises to 1,160 m in North Carolina. Bald Knob stands 1,453 m to the north-northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Stillhouse Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 2.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31631243, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1160 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.15677, -82.95236

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Stillhouse Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Cleft Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Devil's Canyon Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Emily's Cascade: 0.9 mi
  • Elmo Falls: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 5.3 mi
  • Champion Park: 7.2 mi
  • Canada Community Park: 8.5 mi
  • McKinney Meadow: 8.9 mi
  • Silver Run Falls: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 19
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 10.4 mi
  • Camp John Rock: 12.7 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 15.1 mi
  • Catamount Statue: 16.9 mi
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 10
Museums: 10
Nature reserves: 9
Gardens: 8
Artworks: 7
  • Ear: 16.4 mi
  • Chalice: 16.6 mi
  • American Eclipse: 16.7 mi
  • Wi: 16.8 mi
  • Moai Statue: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 20.9 mi
  • South: 23.6 mi
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 13.1 mi
  • North Beach: 22.1 mi
  • South Beach: 23.6 mi
Springs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 20.9 mi
  • Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Little Panthertail Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNNE 14°1,453 m6.3 mi
Toxaway MountainSW 226°1,452 m2.4 mi
Rockyface MountainNNE 13°1,427 m6.0 mi
Cold MountainWNW 289°1,414 m2.0 mi
Little Hogback MountainWSW 251°1,392 m3.7 mi
Hogback MountainWSW 251°1,386 m3.7 mi
Laurel KnobW 268°1,380 m5.8 mi
Blackrock MountainWNW 285°1,370 m4.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1920:1320:50
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021224 — Little Panthertail Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357808045

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