Winding Stairs Mountain
Winding Stairs Mountain rises to 648 m in North Carolina. Bentley Knob stands 1,256 m to the northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Barrett Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Upper Yadkin Way passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31644309, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 648 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 8.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 10.0 mi off the Little Parkway
- 12.2 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 9 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 9 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 9 mi
- Moses Cone Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buffalo Cove Community Center: 1.6 mi
- Yadkin Valley Community Park: 2.9 mi
- Happy Valley Park (North): 4.7 mi
- Happy Valley Park (South): 4.9 mi
- Happy Valley Optimist Park: 5.1 mi
- Silvervale Falls: 4.0 mi
- Dugger Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 8.0 mi
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 10.2 mi
- Lower Glen Marie Falls: 10.2 mi
- Barrett Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Spring Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Licklog Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Cottrell Knob: 1.5 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Spiderback Chair: 8.7 mi
- Aluminum DNA: 8.8 mi
- Aquamarine: 8.8 mi
- Daedalus: 8.8 mi
- Last of the Spokane: 9.6 mi
- Home of General William Lenoir: 3.0 mi
- Mystery House: 10.1 mi
- Mystery Hill: 10.1 mi
- Ferris Wheel: 10.7 mi
- Planes & Helicopters: 10.7 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Caldwell Historical Museum: 9.9 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 10.2 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 10.2 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 10.3 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 10.3 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 12.7 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 14.0 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 14.1 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 10.4 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Smitheys Creek Public Use Area: 15.2 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 16.4 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Woods Walk: 18.0 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 17.4 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 17.6 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 17.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 17.9 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 9.6 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 13.6 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 14.1 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 14.2 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 19.5 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 15.7 mi
- Shanty Springs: 16.9 mi
- Mortimer: 14.2 mi
- Elk Shoals: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Winding Stairs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Knob | NW 325° | 1,256 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | NW 326° | 1,185 m | 7.9 mi |
| Thunder Hill | NW 312° | 1,158 m | 8.8 mi |
| Blowing Rock | WNW 298° | 1,097 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mast Knob | NNW 343° | 1,049 m | 7.5 mi |
| Dugger Mountain | NNW 346° | 989 m | 6.5 mi |
| Little Dugger Mountain | NNW 346° | 989 m | 6.5 mi |
| Grassy Knob | NNW 343° | 905 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357804120
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 24 mi
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