Panthertail Mountain
Panthertail Mountain rises to 1,365 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the south, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Shower Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31634445, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,365 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 3.8 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 6.8 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 11.4 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 5 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 9 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 10 mi
- Wolf Mountain Overlook (MP 424.8) · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shower Falls: 0.4 mi
- Raven Rock Falls: 0.6 mi
- John Fisher Falls: 0.7 mi
- Dismal Falls: 1.0 mi
- Devil's Canyon Falls: 1.1 mi
- Cold Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Big Pisgah Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Shelton Pisgah Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Ravenrock Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Little Panthertail Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 4.2 mi
- Canada Community Park: 7.4 mi
- Cashiers Village Green Park: 8.0 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 8.0 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 8.5 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 5.2 mi
- River Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Onion Cliff: 9.0 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 10.3 mi
- Camp John Rock: 13.2 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Catamount Statue: 15.5 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 20.2 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 14.2 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 14.3 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 15.4 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 17.0 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 18.9 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 6.4 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 12.1 mi
- M1: 14.4 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 15.8 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 17.1 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 15.2 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Franklin Garden: 22.9 mi
- Common Gardening: 24.4 mi
- Ear: 15.1 mi
- Chalice: 15.2 mi
- American Eclipse: 15.3 mi
- Moai Statue: 20.0 mi
- Sylva Mural: 20.1 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 2.2 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 13.9 mi
- North Beach: 22.9 mi
- South Beach: 24.4 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 21.2 mi
- South: 24.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 23.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 8.1 mi
- Moody Spring: 16.5 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Panthertail Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | S 191° | 1,452 m | 2.3 mi |
| Rockyface Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,427 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cold Mountain | W 276° | 1,414 m | 0.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 270° | 1,406 m | 6.0 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | SW 230° | 1,392 m | 2.9 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | SW 231° | 1,386 m | 2.9 mi |
| Laurel Knob | W 260° | 1,380 m | 4.6 mi |
| Blackrock Mountain | W 280° | 1,370 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021804 — Panthertail Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808524
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