Mount Craig
Mount Craig rises to 2,023 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the south-southwest, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Tom, a peak 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
Mount Craig, 6,647 feet (2,026 m), is the second highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and second only to 6,684 feet (2,037 m) Mount Mitchell in eastern mainland North America. It is located in the Black Mountains in Yancey County, North Carolina. The mountain lies about a mile (2 km) north of Mount Mitchell and is within Mount Mitchell State Park and the Pisgah National Forest. Mount Craig was named in honor of Locke Craig, the governor of North Carolina from 1913 to 1917, who was partially responsible for establishing Mount Mitchell State Park in 1915 as the state's first in order to protect the area from excessive logging.
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Wikidata Q6920280, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2023 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 15.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 15.5 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Tom: 0.2 mi
- Balsam Cone: 0.9 mi
- Mount Mitchell: 0.9 mi
- Maple Camp Bald: 1.0 mi
- Cattail Peak: 1.4 mi
- Middle Fork Rock Creek Falls: 1.0 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 1.2 mi
- Galvladi Falls: 1.3 mi
- Guyot Falls: 1.6 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 1.6 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Toe River Campground: 7.3 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 8.9 mi
- Welsh Field: 9.5 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 9.9 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.9 mi
- Otway Burns: 9.9 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 11.2 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 11.3 mi
- Friends: 9.8 mi
- Stream: 9.8 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 9.8 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 9.8 mi
- Rock Bridge: 9.9 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 6.5 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 9.6 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 10.1 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 11.3 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 13.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 0.8 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: 4.9 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 5.7 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 7.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.0 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 19.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 7.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 22.3 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 23.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 5.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 5.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.3 mi
- Gully Pipe: 20.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 20.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 0.7 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 3.8 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 14.4 mi
- Boat beach: 21.5 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Lost Cove: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Mount Craig. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | SSW 192° | 2,038 m | 0.9 mi |
| Balsam Cone | NNE 22° | 2,007 m | 0.9 mi |
| Big Tom | NE 35° | 2,002 m | 0.2 mi |
| Cattail Peak | N 11° | 1,986 m | 1.4 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SSW 205° | 1,981 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | SSW 207° | 1,971 m | 3.0 mi |
| Potato Knob | SSW 207° | 1,946 m | 3.7 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNE 16° | 1,942 m | 1.7 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023658 — Mount Craig, Yancey County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809781
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