Meditation Mountain
Meditation Mountain rises to 1,035 m in North Carolina. Bald Mountain stands 1,502 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Lump, a peak 2.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31632720, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,035 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.6 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 9.4 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 14.3 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- The Lump Overlook · 2 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 3 mi
- Lewis Fork Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New River Park: 2.7 mi
- Staghorn Falls: 6.6 mi
- Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest: 6.6 mi
- Buck Mountain Community Pond: 7.1 mi
- OutDoor Activity Center (OAC): 7.3 mi
- The Lump: 2.5 mi
- Cross Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Judd Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Benge Knob: 4.5 mi
- Garner Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Betsy's Rock Falls: 3.0 mi
- Nana Falls: 5.8 mi
- Amadehy Falls: 6.8 mi
- Bluff Mountain Falls: 12.2 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 14.4 mi
- Jesse Brown Cabin: 7.3 mi
- Spring House: 7.3 mi
- Cool Springs Baptist Church: 7.3 mi
- Caudill Cabin: 13.4 mi
- Brinegar Cabin: 14.2 mi
- Founders Bell: 18.8 mi
- Founders Mall: 18.9 mi
- Aspire: 18.9 mi
- Tetness, the Polar Bear: 18.9 mi
- Transit Candy: 18.9 mi
- Forestry Center: 7.0 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 10.0 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 11.1 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Wilkes Heritage Museum: 15.9 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 17.8 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 18.6 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 18.8 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 19.0 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Stone Mountain Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Smitheys Creek Public Use Area: 13.5 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 19.6 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 19.8 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Alligator Back: 12.4 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 13.3 mi
- Devils Garden: 16.5 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 21.7 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 23.8 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 17.3 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 18.4 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 18.9 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 19.0 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 21.8 mi
- Elk Shoals: 5.8 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Meditation Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,502 m | 11.9 mi |
| Phoenix Mountain | NW 326° | 1,427 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Jefferson | NW 319° | 1,405 m | 8.8 mi |
| Laurel Knob Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,380 m | 12.2 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | NW 311° | 1,315 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mulatto Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,306 m | 8.6 mi |
| Tomkins Knob | SW 235° | 1,245 m | 8.0 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WNW 302° | 1,218 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Transou, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021406 — Meditation Mountain, Wilkes County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808205
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