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Puncheon Camp Mountain

Puncheon Camp Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Puncheon Camp Mountain rises to 1,083 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the west-northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Roundtop, a peak 1.1 miles away. Whitewater Way passes 0.5 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31636753, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,083 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.11760, -82.95236

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Deep Ford Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Upper Bearwallow Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Little Deep Ford Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Avery Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Paris Falls: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Silver Run Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Champion Park: 7.4 mi
  • Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 7.8 mi
  • McKinney Meadow: 8.2 mi
  • Cashiers Village Green Park: 8.4 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 20
Historic sites: 19
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 12.7 mi
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 13.1 mi
  • Camp John Rock: 14.7 mi
  • General Pickens Monument: 17.4 mi
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 18.6 mi
Museums: 11
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 8
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 9.8 mi
  • M1: 14.7 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 15.5 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 18.3 mi
  • 1915 Climax Locomotive: 19.0 mi
Gardens: 6
Artworks: 6
  • Ear: 18.2 mi
  • Chalice: 18.5 mi
  • American Eclipse: 18.6 mi
  • Moai Statue: 23.4 mi
  • Sylva Mural: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 10.4 mi
  • North Beach: 19.4 mi
  • South Beach: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Puncheon Camp Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Toxaway MountainWNW1,452 m2.0 mi
Cold MountainNNW1,414 m3.9 mi
Chimneytop MountainW1,401 m6.4 mi
Little Hogback MountainWNW1,392 m3.8 mi
Hogback MountainWNW1,386 m3.8 mi
Laurel KnobWNW1,380 m6.4 mi
Blackrock MountainNW1,370 m5.7 mi
Panthertail MountainNNW1,365 m3.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1920:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357808798

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