Roundtop
Roundtop rises to 1,051 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the north-northwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Turtleback Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Whitewater Way runs past it.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31639497, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,051 m
How to reach it
- On the Whitewater Way
- 0.6 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 1 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 6 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 14 mi
- Wolf Mountain Overlook (MP 424.8) · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turtleback Falls: 0.8 mi
- Drift Falls: 0.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.9 mi
- Little Falls: 1.0 mi
- Upper Bearwallow Falls: 1.1 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 6.4 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 7.5 mi
- Cashiers Village Green Park: 7.9 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 8.1 mi
- Champion Park: 8.3 mi
- Puncheon Camp Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Rocky Knobs: 1.8 mi
- Toxaway Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Rainy Knobs: 2.3 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 7.9 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 9.4 mi
- River Cliffs: 9.9 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Onion Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 11.6 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 14.1 mi
- Camp John Rock: 15.8 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 16.3 mi
- Chattooga Town: 17.9 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 13.2 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 15.6 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 16.5 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 18.8 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 20.0 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 13.9 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 10.3 mi
- M1: 15.7 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 16.0 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 18.9 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 19.9 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 19.2 mi
- Common Gardening: 20.1 mi
- English Garden: 21.0 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 23.9 mi
- Ear: 18.5 mi
- Chalice: 18.8 mi
- American Eclipse: 18.9 mi
- Moai Statue: 23.7 mi
- Sylva Mural: 23.7 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 5.3 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 9.6 mi
- North Beach: 18.6 mi
- South Beach: 20.1 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- South: 20.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 24.3 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 5.0 mi
- Moody Spring: 13.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Roundtop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | NNW 329° | 1,452 m | 2.3 mi |
| Cold Mountain | NNW 343° | 1,414 m | 4.5 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | W 269° | 1,401 m | 5.7 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | NW 309° | 1,392 m | 3.8 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NW 309° | 1,386 m | 3.8 mi |
| Laurel Knob | WNW 304° | 1,380 m | 6.3 mi |
| Blackrock Mountain | NW 323° | 1,370 m | 6.0 mi |
| Panthertail Mountain | N 351° | 1,365 m | 4.3 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 | 20:12 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809117
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