Raven Rocks
Raven Rocks rises to 1,181 m in North Carolina. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the west-southwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Watauga County US 221 Rest Area, a rest area 0.2 miles away. Little Parkway runs past it.
The story
Mountain in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31637312, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,181 m
How to reach it
- On the Little Parkway
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 6.5 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Moses Cone Overlook · 1 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 4 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- China Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
- Hebron Colony Falls: 1.8 mi
- New Year's Creek Cascades: 1.8 mi
- Glen Burney Falls: 1.9 mi
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 2.0 mi
- Blowing Rock Pool: 1.5 mi
- Broyhill Park: 1.6 mi
- Blowing Rock City Park: 1.7 mi
- High Gravity Adventures: 3.7 mi
- Sterling Creek Park: 3.7 mi
- Green Knob: 0.7 mi
- Bull Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Martin Knob: 1.3 mi
- Pigpen Knob: 1.5 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Jessie: 1.7 mi
- The Gardener: 1.8 mi
- The Rock: 4.8 mi
- Yosef the Mountain Man: 5.0 mi
- Founders Bell: 5.0 mi
- Tweetsie Twister: 3.7 mi
- F-80 Jet Planes: 3.7 mi
- Mystery Hill: 3.7 mi
- Tornado: 3.7 mi
- Buckaroo Drop: 3.7 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 0.8 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 1.8 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 1.8 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 3.7 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 4.9 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 5.4 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 7.7 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 8.3 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Woods Walk: 8.5 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 1.7 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 5.0 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 5.6 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 11.4 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 5.0 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 5.0 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 5.2 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 5.5 mi
- Shanty Springs: 6.6 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.8 mi
- Gully Pipe: 24.2 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 0.2 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 15.9 mi
- Mortimer: 11.4 mi
- Elk Shoals: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Raven Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calloway Peak | WSW 249° | 1,804 m | 6.2 mi |
| Hanging Rock | W 276° | 1,582 m | 6.6 mi |
| Peak Mountain | W 263° | 1,473 m | 7.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 235° | 1,466 m | 5.3 mi |
| Grassy Knob | N 352° | 1,403 m | 7.7 mi |
| Snakeden Mountain | N 353° | 1,367 m | 6.9 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NE 52° | 1,362 m | 2.0 mi |
| Howard Knob | NNE 16° | 1,343 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808856
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