Thunder Hill
Thunder Hill rises to 1,158 m in North Carolina. Flat Top Mountain stands 1,362 m to the northwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sterling Creek Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31642548, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,158 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 1.7 mi off the Little Parkway
- 5.7 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 9.0 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 1 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 1 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Moses Cone Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sterling Creek Park: 1.6 mi
- Blowing Rock City Park: 2.2 mi
- High Gravity Adventures: 2.2 mi
- Broyhill Park: 2.3 mi
- Blowing Rock Pool: 2.4 mi
- New Year's Creek Cascades: 2.6 mi
- Glen Burney Falls: 2.7 mi
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 2.7 mi
- Lower Glen Marie Falls: 2.8 mi
- China Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Blowing Rock: 2.1 mi
- Bentley Knob: 2.1 mi
- Sampson Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Blackburn Knob: 2.5 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Jessie: 2.2 mi
- The Gardener: 2.2 mi
- Founders Bell: 5.5 mi
- Founders Mall: 5.6 mi
- Aspire: 5.6 mi
- Mystery House: 1.7 mi
- Mystery Hill: 1.7 mi
- Ferris Wheel: 2.3 mi
- Planes & Helicopters: 2.3 mi
- Tilt-a-Whirl: 2.3 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 1.7 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 2.2 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 2.3 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 3.0 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 5.1 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Woods Walk: 11.8 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 2.5 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 4.9 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 5.6 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 12.4 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 11.1 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 11.6 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 12.8 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 5.7 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 5.7 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 5.9 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 3.5 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 17.7 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 8.9 mi
- Shanty Springs: 10.1 mi
- Mortimer: 12.6 mi
- Elk Shoals: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Thunder Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Top Mountain | NW 308° | 1,362 m | 2.7 mi |
| Howard Knob | NNW 342° | 1,343 m | 6.7 mi |
| Rich Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,281 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bentley Knob | NE 48° | 1,256 m | 2.1 mi |
| Goshen Hill | NNE 25° | 1,197 m | 2.8 mi |
| Green Knob | W 280° | 1,196 m | 4.4 mi |
| Deck Hill | NNW 326° | 1,186 m | 3.4 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,185 m | 2.3 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 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809443
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