Sassafras Mountain
Sassafras Mountain rises to 1,340 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the southeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31639939, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,340 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 6.0 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 7.7 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 7 mi
- Rough Butt Bald Overlook (MP 425.4) · 10 mi
- Wolf Mountain Overlook (MP 424.8) · 10 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Knob: 0.5 mi
- Blackrock Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Poplar Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Turkey Knob: 0.6 mi
- Little Green Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Red Butt Falls: 0.9 mi
- Coolidge Falls: 1.0 mi
- Lichen Falls: 1.1 mi
- Elbow Falls: 1.1 mi
- Warden Falls: 1.2 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 3.3 mi
- Canada Community Park: 5.7 mi
- Cedar Cliff Lake Access: 5.9 mi
- Cashiers Village Green Park: 6.5 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 6.7 mi
- River Cliffs: 3.7 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 5.2 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Onion Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 10.7 mi
- Catamount Statue: 12.8 mi
- Camp John Rock: 14.9 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Jackson County Veterans Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 12.6 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 12.9 mi
- American Museum of the House Cat: 16.2 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 16.5 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 18.1 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 4.0 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 9.6 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 13.6 mi
- M1: 16.8 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 18.3 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 13.8 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Ear: 12.3 mi
- Chalice: 12.5 mi
- American Eclipse: 12.6 mi
- Moai Statue: 17.4 mi
- Sylva Mural: 17.4 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 16.3 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Franklin Garden: 20.2 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 22.3 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 1.1 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 15.8 mi
- North Beach: 24.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 22.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 21.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 10.8 mi
- Moody Spring: 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Sassafras Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | SE 146° | 1,452 m | 4.1 mi |
| Cold Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,414 m | 2.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,406 m | 3.4 mi |
| Glassyrock Mountain | WSW 259° | 1,404 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | S 171° | 1,392 m | 3.0 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | S 170° | 1,386 m | 2.9 mi |
| Laurel Knob | SW 224° | 1,380 m | 2.6 mi |
| Blackrock Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,370 m | 0.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022511 — Sassafras Mountain, Jackson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809170
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