Silvermine Bald
Silvermine Bald rises to 1,822 m in North Carolina. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the north-northeast, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Bald, a peak 0.4 miles away. Forest Heritage Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31426013, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,822 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.2 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Falls: 1.1 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 1.2 mi
- Waterfalls of Flat Laurel Creek: 1.3 mi
- Split Falls: 1.4 mi
- Middle Wildcat Falls: 1.4 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 6.6 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 7.4 mi
- Canada Community Park: 8.6 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 8.8 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 10.3 mi
- Chestnut Bald: 0.4 mi
- Devils Courthouse: 0.8 mi
- Little Sam Knob: 1.1 mi
- Fork River Bald: 1.3 mi
- Black Balsam Knob: 1.4 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 15.2 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 16.1 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 16.8 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 19.9 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 1.3 mi
- Camp John Rock: 5.4 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 10.5 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 15.8 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 6.7 mi
- Bald Cliff: 9.4 mi
- River Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.5 mi
- Dunns Rock: 12.7 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 6.8 mi
- M1: 10.0 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 11.0 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 12.8 mi
- Historical Downtown: 13.9 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 6.6 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 9.7 mi
- Shook Museum: 15.5 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 15.7 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 17.0 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 16.0 mi
- Berm Park: 16.2 mi
- Chalice: 16.6 mi
- American Eclipse: 16.7 mi
- Ear: 16.9 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 5.5 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 6.8 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 22.9 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 24.4 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 10.2 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 14.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 12.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 18.8 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 23.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 15.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 22.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 23.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 13.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Silvermine Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | NNE 21° | 1,890 m | 1.4 mi |
| Mount Hardy | W 261° | 1,866 m | 2.5 mi |
| Reinhart Knob | WNW 298° | 1,856 m | 6.0 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,846 m | 2.1 mi |
| Sam Knob | NNW 335° | 1,844 m | 1.6 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | NNE 22° | 1,844 m | 2.9 mi |
| Shining Rock | NNE 16° | 1,829 m | 4.3 mi |
| Chestnut Bald | WSW 242° | 1,821 m | 0.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:44 | 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 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022639 — Silvermine Bald, Haywood County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809248
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