Snakeden Mountain
Snakeden Mountain rises to 1,367 m in North Carolina. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the north, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Grassy Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31641100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,367 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 4.9 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 6.8 mi off the Little Parkway
- 6.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Moses Cone Overlook · 7 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 8 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 9 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rivers House Park: 2.6 mi
- North Street Park: 2.6 mi
- Howards Knob County Park: 2.7 mi
- Junaluska City Park: 2.7 mi
- Jimmy Smith Park: 2.8 mi
- Crab Orchard Falls: 4.9 mi
- Dutch Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
- Hebron Colony Falls: 6.1 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Otter Falls: 8.1 mi
- Grassy Knob: 0.8 mi
- Bingham Hill: 0.9 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Husky Knob: 1.9 mi
- Buckeye Knob: 2.1 mi
- Hellbenders: 2.7 mi
- Doc Watson Statue: 2.7 mi
- Doc and Merle Watson: 2.7 mi
- Time and Honor: 2.8 mi
- The Magic Mailbox: 2.9 mi
- Fun 'N' Wheels: 2.8 mi
- Foggy Mountain Gem Mine: 5.2 mi
- Tweetsie Twister: 6.2 mi
- F-80 Jet Planes: 6.3 mi
- Round-Up: 6.4 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 1.8 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 12.0 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 12.2 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 12.4 mi
- Children's Playhouse: 3.4 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 3.8 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 6.7 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 7.0 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 8.0 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 3.1 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 4.9 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 8.2 mi
- Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 12.8 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Woods Walk: 12.6 mi
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 2.4 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 2.8 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 3.0 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 3.1 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 3.7 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 10.0 mi
- Shanty Springs: 10.5 mi
- Boiling Spring: 22.9 mi
- Cave Spring: 23.9 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 6.8 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 21.8 mi
- Elk Shoals: 18.2 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 23.0 mi
- Mortimer: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Snakeden Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snake Mountain | N 8° | 1,697 m | 6.1 mi |
| Hanging Rock | SW 223° | 1,582 m | 8.4 mi |
| Pine Orchard Knob | NE 35° | 1,490 m | 7.3 mi |
| Harmon Knob | NNE 17° | 1,466 m | 3.2 mi |
| Rittle Knob | NNE 33° | 1,463 m | 6.5 mi |
| Rich Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,455 m | 1.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NE 34° | 1,407 m | 2.3 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NNW 346° | 1,403 m | 0.8 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 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boone 1 SE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 995042 — Snakeden Mountain, Watauga County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357786235
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 29 mi
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