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Cliffside Picnic Area

Cliffside Picnic Area from directly overhead

Cliffside Picnic Area is a picnic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,479 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the northeast, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Forrest Gump Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.6 miles off.

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Coordinates36.09275, -81.83633

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Linville Peak: 0.2 mi
  • Beacon Heights: 0.8 mi
  • MacRae Peak: 1.0 mi
  • Calloway Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Grandmother Mountain: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Norris Clifton Park: 1.1 mi
  • J. Douglass Williams Park: 3.1 mi
  • Foscoe-Grandfather Community Center and Park: 4.2 mi
  • Otter Falls Park: 4.2 mi
  • The Park at Seven Devils: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Andrews Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Tanawha Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Little Wilson Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Green Mountain Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Winston Falls: 3.9 mi
Artworks: 37
  • The Gardener: 9.3 mi
  • Jessie: 9.3 mi
  • The Rock: 11.8 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 12.0 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 12.0 mi
Attractions: 36
  • Stack Rock: 0.9 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 1.3 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 2.7 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 5.7 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 11
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 9.0 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 12.1 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 11.9 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Nature reserves: 8
Springs: 5
  • Shanty Springs: 1.7 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 18.1 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 18.4 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Cliffside Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakNE 48°1,804 m1.9 mi
Beech MountainNNW 338°1,663 m6.8 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechNNW 338°1,652 m6.8 mi
Sugar MountainNW 315°1,585 m3.1 mi
Hanging RockN 9°1,582 m4.3 mi
Flattop MountainNW 317°1,502 m2.1 mi
Rocky KnobN 356°1,502 m7.5 mi
Peak MountainN 3°1,473 m2.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3516:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12353165424

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