Maple Camp Bald
Maple Camp Bald rises to 1,711 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the southwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31632281, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1711 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 14.8 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 16.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
- Squawroot Falls: 0.8 mi
- Lower Middle Creek Falls: 0.8 mi
- Anaconda Falls: 0.8 mi
- Timber Falls: 0.9 mi
- Balsam Cone: 0.8 mi
- Big Tom: 0.9 mi
- Mount Craig: 1.0 mi
- Cattail Peak: 1.2 mi
- Middle Ridge Bald: 1.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Toe River Campground: 6.7 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 9.1 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 9.8 mi
- Welsh Field: 10.1 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.8 mi
- Otway Burns: 9.8 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 11.2 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 11.2 mi
- Friends: 9.7 mi
- Stream: 9.8 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 9.8 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 9.8 mi
- Rock Bridge: 9.8 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 5.8 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 10.5 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 11.0 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 11.3 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 12.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 1.6 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 9.9 mi
- McElroy House: 9.9 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 11.3 mi
- Terrace garden: 4.2 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 13.2 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 13.4 mi
- Rocky Knob: 6.3 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.8 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 8.9 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 20.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 21.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 21.7 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Coltens Cliff: 23.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 5.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 5.7 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.8 mi
- Gully Pipe: 19.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 19.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 1.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 2.8 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 13.5 mi
- Boat beach: 20.6 mi
- Swimming beach: 20.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.1 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Lost Cove: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Maple Camp Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | SW 223° | 2,038 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Craig | WSW 251° | 2,023 m | 1.0 mi |
| Balsam Cone | NW 309° | 2,007 m | 0.8 mi |
| Big Tom | WSW 258° | 2,002 m | 0.9 mi |
| Cattail Peak | NNW 327° | 1,986 m | 1.2 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SW 215° | 1,981 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | SW 217° | 1,971 m | 3.8 mi |
| Potato Knob | SW 216° | 1,946 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1013308 — Maple Camp Bald, Yancey County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357802532
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