Tate Mountain
Tate Mountain rises to 724 m in North Carolina. Pilot Knob stands 1,466 m to the northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Staircase Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Little Parkway passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31642248, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 724 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Little Parkway
- 7.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.0 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 9.0 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Barn Ridge Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- Woodruff Branch Falls: 3.3 mi
- Destiny Falls: 3.3 mi
- Thorps Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Walker Hollow Falls: 4.4 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 6.8 mi
- Blowing Rock City Park: 8.0 mi
- Broyhill Park: 8.0 mi
- Blowing Rock Pool: 8.1 mi
- Staircase Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Apple Hole Knob: 1.2 mi
- Grassy Knob: 2.0 mi
- High Knob: 2.4 mi
- Billys Knob: 2.5 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 4.2 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 8.1 mi
- Stack Rock: 8.2 mi
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 10.3 mi
- Mystery House: 10.5 mi
- The Gardener: 8.0 mi
- Jessie: 8.0 mi
- Four Trumpets: 11.5 mi
- Golden Throat: 11.5 mi
- While I Close My Eyes: 11.5 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 5.3 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 7.8 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 8.0 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 9.0 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 9.0 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 4.0 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 7.7 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 13.5 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- Raven Cliff: 8.2 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 8.8 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 6.7 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 7.9 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 10.2 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 10.7 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Woods Walk: 9.2 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 13.3 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 13.5 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 13.6 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 8.2 mi
- Shanty Springs: 9.1 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 16.7 mi
- Gully Pipe: 17.1 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.0 mi
- Boat beach: 21.0 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 21.7 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 8.8 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 9.5 mi
- Mortimer: 4.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Tate Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | NW 320° | 1,466 m | 7.3 mi |
| Grandmother Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,408 m | 8.5 mi |
| Beacon Heights | WNW 302° | 1,327 m | 8.4 mi |
| Little Bald | WNW 287° | 1,307 m | 8.5 mi |
| Big Rough Knob | WNW 285° | 1,233 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bull Mountain | N 353° | 1,160 m | 7.9 mi |
| Fair Mountain | NNW 349° | 1,129 m | 7.3 mi |
| Gay Mountain | N 352° | 1,116 m | 6.9 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 | 07:34 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809396
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- Hickory · 29 mi
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