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North Eaglenest Mountain

North Eaglenest Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

North Eaglenest Mountain rises to 1,537 m in North Carolina. Waterrock Knob stands 1,904 m to the west-southwest, 6.0 miles off. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.2 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q7055171, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1537 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.50066, -83.04153

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Hazelwood Recreation Park: 2.4 mi
  • Elevated Creek Park: 3.0 mi
  • Maggie Valley Playground: 3.2 mi
  • Waynesville Recreation Park: 3.4 mi
  • Waynesville Skate Park: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Plott Hound Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Campbell Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Lyn Lowry Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Alyssa Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Woodfin Cascades: 4.8 mi
Historic sites: 17
  • Ghost Town Village: 3.9 mi
  • Lyn Lowry Cross: 4.6 mi
  • 1983 Plane Crash: 5.7 mi
  • Masonic Monument: 7.7 mi
  • the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 17
Cliffs: 14
Attractions: 13
  • Historical Downtown: 3.1 mi
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 4.8 mi
  • Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 5.3 mi
  • Soco Falls Overlook: 7.2 mi
  • Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 11.1 mi
Museums: 12
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Shook Museum: 7.2 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Mountain Farm Museum: 14.8 mi
  • Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Heintooga Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 17.4 mi
  • Cold Springs Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • Cosby Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 10
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Covered bridges: 2
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 4.4 mi
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of North Eaglenest Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Waterrock KnobWSW 245°1,904 m6.0 mi
Browning KnobWSW 243°1,888 m5.7 mi
Mount Lyn LowryWSW 237°1,873 m4.6 mi
Plott BalsamWSW 242°1,856 m3.0 mi
Yellow FaceWSW 241°1,833 m7.0 mi
Oldfield TopWSW 238°1,770 m3.7 mi
Steestachee BaldS 182°1,736 m5.9 mi
Lickstone BaldSE 143°1,731 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:1820:1420:51
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3816:4417:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353844536168717064544438
Precip in4.64.34.44.54.24.24.14.24.33.03.64.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesville 1 E, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2454879840

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