The Lump
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The Lump rises to 1,074 m in North Carolina. Bald Mountain stands 1,502 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Betsy's Rock Falls, a waterfall 1.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31632152, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1074 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.4 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 8.0 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- The Lump Overlook · 1 mi
- Betsy's Rock Falls · 2 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 2 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Judd Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Meditation Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Benge Knob: 2.9 mi
- Huffman Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Henson Mountain: 4.8 mi
- New River Park: 3.3 mi
- Staghorn Falls: 4.1 mi
- Buck Mountain Community Pond: 4.6 mi
- OutDoor Activity Center (OAC): 4.8 mi
- Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest: 5.8 mi
- Betsy's Rock Falls: 1.8 mi
- The Cascades: 4.6 mi
- Amadehy Falls: 5.7 mi
- Nana Falls: 7.5 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 12.1 mi
- Jesse Brown Cabin: 5.2 mi
- Cool Springs Baptist Church: 5.2 mi
- Spring House: 5.2 mi
- Caudill Cabin: 15.7 mi
- Foggy Mountain Gem Mine: 16.3 mi
- Founders Bell: 17.1 mi
- Founders Mall: 17.2 mi
- Aspire: 17.2 mi
- Tetness, the Polar Bear: 17.3 mi
- Transit Candy: 17.3 mi
- Forestry Center: 6.1 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 11.4 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 12.5 mi
- Wilkes Heritage Museum: 15.4 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 16.9 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 17.1 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 17.3 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 17.3 mi
- Smitheys Creek Public Use Area: 12.0 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 17.9 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 18.6 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 19.5 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Stone Mountain Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Alligator Back: 14.7 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 15.6 mi
- Devils Garden: 18.6 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 20.2 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 15.5 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 17.2 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 19.6 mi
- Elk Shoals: 7.0 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of The Lump. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,502 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Jefferson | NNW 332° | 1,405 m | 10.1 mi |
| Laurel Knob Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,380 m | 12.0 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | NW 323° | 1,315 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mulatto Mountain | NW 306° | 1,306 m | 8.7 mi |
| Tomkins Knob | WSW 247° | 1,245 m | 5.9 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NW 315° | 1,218 m | 11.3 mi |
| Third Knob | WNW 284° | 1,196 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Transou, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022923 — The Lump, Wilkes County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809418
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