Potato Hill
Potato Hill rises to 1,942 m in North Carolina. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the south-southwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cattail Peak, a peak 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31636503, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,942 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 15.3 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 15.9 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Galvladi Falls: 0.4 mi
- Guyot Falls: 0.8 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 0.8 mi
- Timber Falls: 0.9 mi
- Crevice Falls: 0.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Toe River Campground: 5.7 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 8.5 mi
- Lincoln Park: 8.8 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 8.9 mi
- Cattail Peak: 0.3 mi
- Middle Ridge Bald: 0.8 mi
- Balsam Cone: 0.8 mi
- Deer Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Winter Star Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.4 mi
- Otway Burns: 8.5 mi
- Gillespie Gap: 11.9 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 12.5 mi
- Friends: 8.4 mi
- Stream: 8.4 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 8.4 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 8.4 mi
- Rock Bridge: 8.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 2.5 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 8.5 mi
- McElroy House: 8.5 mi
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals: 11.9 mi
- NC Mineral and Gem Festival: 12.2 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 6.8 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 10.3 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 10.5 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 12.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 12.6 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Terrace garden: 3.3 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 13.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- Rocky Knob: 7.4 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 9.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 9.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 20.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 20.6 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Coltens Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 6.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 6.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.9 mi
- Gully Pipe: 19.8 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 20.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 2.4 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 2.8 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 13.1 mi
- Boat beach: 21.3 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 17.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 17.2 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Lost Cove: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Potato Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | SSW 194° | 2,038 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Craig | SSW 196° | 2,023 m | 1.7 mi |
| Balsam Cone | S 189° | 2,007 m | 0.8 mi |
| Big Tom | SSW 193° | 2,002 m | 1.5 mi |
| Cattail Peak | SW 219° | 1,986 m | 0.3 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | SSW 202° | 1,981 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | SSW 203° | 1,971 m | 4.6 mi |
| Potato Knob | SSW 203° | 1,946 m | 5.3 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357803286
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