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The Peak

The Peak, seen from above at true elevation

The Peak rises to 1,573 m in North Carolina. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery, a garden 0.8 miles away. New River Valley Byway passes 9.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1022926)

Wikidata Q31634689, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1573 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.40318, -81.64344

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Big Knob: 1.2 mi
  • Long Hope Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Three Top Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Old Field Bald: 3.7 mi
  • Bluff Mountain: 4.1 mi
Parks: 57
  • Walter & Annie Cook Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
  • Paddy Mountain Park: 7.8 mi
  • Green Valley Community Park: 8.1 mi
  • Bowie Seagrave Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
  • Back Street Park: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Bluff Mountain Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Nana Falls: 13.0 mi
  • The Cascades: 14.9 mi
Attractions: 26
Artworks: 17
  • Doc Watson Statue: 12.9 mi
  • Hellbenders: 13.0 mi
  • Time and Honor: 13.0 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 13.0 mi
  • The Magic Mailbox: 13.0 mi
Museums: 13
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 9.7 mi
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Children's Playhouse: 12.9 mi
  • Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 13.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
Picnic sites: 9
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
  • Boiling Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Cave Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Brig Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of The Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake MountainSW 216°1,697 m6.1 mi
Rich MountainSSW 213°1,633 m7.5 mi
Bluff MountainESE 102°1,542 m4.1 mi
Three Top MountainENE 66°1,530 m3.6 mi
Old Field BaldS 175°1,506 m3.7 mi
Bald MountainESE 117°1,502 m5.3 mi
Pine Orchard KnobS 182°1,490 m5.1 mi
Harmon KnobSSW 204°1,466 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357809425

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