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View Rock

View Rock, seen from above at true elevation

View Rock rises to 1,115 m in North Carolina. Whiteside Mountain stands 1,489 m to the southwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Riley Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Waterfall Byway runs past it.

About

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31643239, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1115 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.13093, -83.07403

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Fairfield Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Twin Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Maidenhair Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Glassyrock Creek Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Wilderness Falls: 2.9 mi
Parks
  • Cashiers Village Green Park: 2.0 mi
  • McKinney Meadow: 2.2 mi
  • Silver Run Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Whiteside Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Ralph J Andrews Recreation Park: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 14
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 11.5 mi
  • Catamount Statue: 13.9 mi
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 15.2 mi
  • Chattooga Town: 16.3 mi
  • General Pickens Monument: 17.3 mi
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Attractions: 7
Artworks: 7
  • Ear: 13.4 mi
  • Chalice: 13.8 mi
  • American Eclipse: 13.9 mi
  • Wi: 13.9 mi
  • Moai Statue: 18.7 mi
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 14.3 mi
  • North Beach: 22.2 mi
  • South Beach: 23.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Moody Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of View Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whiteside MountainSW 226°1,489 m5.0 mi
Toxaway MountainE 89°1,452 m5.1 mi
Cold MountainENE 64°1,414 m5.5 mi
Bear MountainN 350°1,406 m2.4 mi
Glassyrock MountainNNW 329°1,404 m3.0 mi
Chimneytop MountainSSE 164°1,401 m2.1 mi
Little Hogback MountainE 81°1,392 m3.4 mi
Hogback MountainE 81°1,386 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:1920:1320:51
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3816:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023080 — View Rock, Jackson County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357809512

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