Tanasee Bald
Tanasee Bald rises to 1,695 m in North Carolina. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the northeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Herrin Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Forest Heritage Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
Tanasee Bald, also called Tennessee Bald, is a mountain near the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina, on the Haywood/Transylvania border. It is 5561 feet high. It is in the Great Balsam Mountains within the Blue Ridge Mountains, which is part of the Appalachian Mountains Tanasee Bald is the southern limit of breeding of the northern saw-whet owl, which is from the boreal forests of Canada.
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Wikidata Q7682321, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1695 m
How to reach it
- On the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 0.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.3 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 11.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Herrin Knob: 0.5 mi
- Mount Hardy: 1.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.1 mi
- Wolf Bald: 1.3 mi
- Upper Bubbling Spring Branch Falls: 0.7 mi
- Lower Bubbling Spring Branch Falls: 0.7 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 0.8 mi
- Mount Hardy Falls: 0.9 mi
- Upper Courthouse Falls: 1.2 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 5.5 mi
- Canada Community Park: 6.4 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 6.5 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Cliff Lake Access: 10.2 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 4.5 mi
- Bald Cliff: 8.0 mi
- River Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 12.9 mi
- Onion Cliff: 12.9 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 1.0 mi
- Camp John Rock: 7.1 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 12.7 mi
- Catamount Statue: 15.2 mi
- Lyn Lowry Cross: 16.1 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 15.0 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 16.2 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 16.7 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 8.7 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 9.1 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 10.9 mi
- M1: 11.2 mi
- Wayehutta OHV Trail System: 12.8 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 8.8 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 10.9 mi
- Fine Art Museum: 15.1 mi
- Shook Museum: 16.6 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 17.2 mi
- Chalice: 14.8 mi
- American Eclipse: 14.9 mi
- Wi: 14.9 mi
- Ear: 15.0 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 16.7 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 7.2 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 7.9 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 22.2 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 22.6 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 12.5 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 10.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 21.0 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 22.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 14.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.0 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 15.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Tanasee Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | NE 44° | 1,890 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Hardy | NW 324° | 1,866 m | 1.0 mi |
| Reinhart Knob | NW 320° | 1,856 m | 5.2 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | NE 41° | 1,846 m | 4.2 mi |
| Sam Knob | NNE 26° | 1,844 m | 2.9 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | NE 38° | 1,844 m | 4.9 mi |
| Shining Rock | NNE 31° | 1,829 m | 6.1 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | ENE 58° | 1,822 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809389
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- Asheville · 28 mi
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