South Spring Top
South Spring Top rises to 1,405 m in North Carolina. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the west, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Dark Prong Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31426082, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,405 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 1.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Looking Glass Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Log Hollow Overlook (MP 416.6) · 1 mi
- East Fork Overlook · 1 mi
- View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dark Prong Falls: 0.5 mi
- Upper Logging Road Falls: 0.6 mi
- Skinny Dip Falls: 0.6 mi
- Logging Road Falls: 0.8 mi
- Upper Log Hollow Falls: 0.9 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 3.1 mi
- City of Brevard Sports Complex: 8.1 mi
- Franklin Park: 8.5 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 8.5 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 10.8 mi
- Seniard Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bennett Knob: 1.0 mi
- Fork River Bald: 2.2 mi
- Looking Glass Rock: 2.3 mi
- Green Knob: 2.5 mi
- Camp John Rock: 3.4 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 4.8 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 7.5 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 12.6 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 15.0 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 16.5 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 16.7 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 16.9 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 3.4 mi
- M1: 8.3 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 14.4 mi
- Historical Downtown: 14.7 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 16.2 mi
- Berm Park: 14.4 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 16.4 mi
- Chalice: 19.9 mi
- American Eclipse: 20.0 mi
- Ear: 20.2 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 3.2 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 8.0 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 14.4 mi
- Shook Museum: 15.2 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 17.9 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 9.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 11.3 mi
- Dunns Rock: 11.5 mi
- Bald Cliff: 12.4 mi
- River Cliffs: 13.8 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 5.0 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 7.2 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 21.1 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 7.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 17.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.1 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 10.9 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 20.6 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of South Spring Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | W 274° | 1,890 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Hardy | WSW 255° | 1,866 m | 6.0 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,846 m | 2.6 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | NW 306° | 1,844 m | 2.7 mi |
| Sam Knob | W 274° | 1,844 m | 4.0 mi |
| Shining Rock | NW 325° | 1,829 m | 3.6 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | WSW 251° | 1,822 m | 3.5 mi |
| Chestnut Bald | WSW 250° | 1,821 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809300
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 23 mi
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