Yellow Buck Mountain
Yellow Buck Mountain rises to 747 m in North Carolina. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the north-northwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Harper Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31644757, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 747 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 6.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.1 mi off the Little Parkway
- 11.6 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Lost Cove Cliffs Overlook (MP 310) · 6 mi
- Little Bald Overlook · 6 mi
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Wilson Creek Valley Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harper Creek Falls: 0.5 mi
- Thorps Creek Falls: 1.0 mi
- Destiny Falls: 1.4 mi
- Phillips Branch Falls: 1.4 mi
- Bard Falls: 2.1 mi
- Jackson Knob: 1.2 mi
- Woodcock Knob: 1.4 mi
- High Knob: 2.3 mi
- Joe White Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Grassy Knob: 2.6 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 7.1 mi
- Point Park: 7.7 mi
- Crossnore Town Park: 8.8 mi
- Norris Clifton Park: 8.8 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 4.0 mi
- Stack Rock: 7.5 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 7.6 mi
- Linville Caverns: 10.4 mi
- Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 10.7 mi
- The Gardener: 11.3 mi
- Jessie: 11.4 mi
- Four Trumpets: 13.8 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 13.9 mi
- Golden Throat: 13.9 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 2.1 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 7.9 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 10.9 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 11.1 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 11.3 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 0.9 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 11.0 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 16.5 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 3.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 3.8 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 5.5 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 8.0 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 3.5 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 10.8 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 11.0 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 11.2 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Woods Walk: 7.9 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 13.5 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 15.8 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 16.3 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 16.4 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 16.5 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 8.5 mi
- Shanty Springs: 8.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 12.6 mi
- Gully Pipe: 13.0 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 17.2 mi
- Swimming beach: 17.4 mi
- Boat beach: 17.4 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 5.0 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Mortimer: 0.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Yellow Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calloway Peak | NNW 346° | 1,804 m | 8.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | N 355° | 1,466 m | 7.8 mi |
| Grandmother Mountain | NW 323° | 1,408 m | 6.5 mi |
| Moore Mountain | NW 314° | 1,344 m | 9.1 mi |
| Beacon Heights | NNW 334° | 1,327 m | 7.2 mi |
| Little Bald | NW 318° | 1,307 m | 6.2 mi |
| Ball Ground Mountain | W 260° | 1,294 m | 7.3 mi |
| Gingercake Mountain | WSW 243° | 1,262 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 34 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357804174
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