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Woods Walk

Woods Walk from directly overhead

Woods Walk is a picnic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,351 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the northeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Linville Bluffs, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Little Parkway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Grandfather Mountain
Access
Customers only
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.08777, -81.84149

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Linville Peak: 0.6 mi
  • Beacon Heights: 0.8 mi
  • MacRae Peak: 1.4 mi
  • Grandmother Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Brier Knob: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Norris Clifton Park: 1.0 mi
  • J. Douglass Williams Park: 3.3 mi
  • Point Park: 4.2 mi
  • Otter Falls Park: 4.6 mi
  • Foscoe-Grandfather Community Center and Park: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls
  • Andrews Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Tanawha Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Little Wilson Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Green Mountain Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Winston Falls: 4.1 mi
Artworks: 37
  • The Gardener: 9.6 mi
  • Jessie: 9.7 mi
  • The Rock: 12.3 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 12.4 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 12.4 mi
Attractions: 36
  • Stack Rock: 1.2 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 1.6 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 3.1 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 6.1 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 12
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 4.7 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 8.5 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 9.3 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 12.4 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Nature reserves: 9
Springs: 5
  • Shanty Springs: 2.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 17.7 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 18.0 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakNE 47°1,804 m2.4 mi
Beech MountainNNW 342°1,663 m7.1 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechNNW 341°1,652 m7.0 mi
Sugar MountainNW 323°1,585 m3.2 mi
Hanging RockNNE 12°1,582 m4.7 mi
Flattop MountainNNW 329°1,502 m2.2 mi
Rocky KnobN 358°1,502 m7.9 mi
Peak MountainN 8°1,473 m3.0 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 way/713811676

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