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Yellow Buck Mountain

Yellow Buck Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.98791, -81.77288

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • 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
Peaks
Parks
Artworks: 37
Attractions: 36
  • 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
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 15
  • 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
Cliffs: 14
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 10
Gardens: 10
Springs: 4
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 12.6 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Yellow Buck Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakNNW 346°1,804 m8.8 mi
Pilot KnobN 355°1,466 m7.8 mi
Grandmother MountainNW 323°1,408 m6.5 mi
Beacon HeightsNNW 334°1,327 m7.2 mi
Little BaldNW 318°1,307 m6.2 mi
Ball Ground MountainW 260°1,294 m7.3 mi
Gingercake MountainWSW 243°1,262 m7.4 mi
Cranberry KnobW 266°1,258 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3516:3817:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138475561656459494034
Precip in5.03.95.45.96.06.46.25.86.55.04.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357804174

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