Watauga County US 221 Rest Area
Watauga County US 221 Rest Area is a rest area in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,178 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the west-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Raven Rocks, a peak 0.2 miles away. Little Parkway runs past it.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Little Parkway
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 6.3 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Moses Cone Overlook · 1 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 3 mi
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- China Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
- New Year's Creek Cascades: 1.8 mi
- Glen Burney Falls: 1.9 mi
- Hebron Colony Falls: 1.9 mi
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 2.0 mi
- Blowing Rock Pool: 1.3 mi
- Broyhill Park: 1.5 mi
- Blowing Rock City Park: 1.6 mi
- High Gravity Adventures: 3.4 mi
- Sterling Creek Park: 3.5 mi
- Raven Rocks: 0.2 mi
- Green Knob: 0.9 mi
- Bull Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Martin Knob: 1.4 mi
- Pigpen Knob: 1.7 mi
- Jessie: 1.6 mi
- The Gardener: 1.6 mi
- The Rock: 4.7 mi
- Yosef the Mountain Man: 4.8 mi
- Founders Bell: 4.8 mi
- Tweetsie Twister: 3.4 mi
- F-80 Jet Planes: 3.4 mi
- Mystery Hill: 3.5 mi
- Tornado: 3.5 mi
- Mystery House: 3.5 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 0.6 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 1.6 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 1.7 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 3.4 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 4.7 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 5.4 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 8.0 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 8.5 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 9.5 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Woods Walk: 8.7 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 1.6 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 4.9 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 5.4 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 11.6 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 4.9 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 4.9 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 5.1 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 5.7 mi
- Shanty Springs: 6.8 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 24.0 mi
- Gully Pipe: 24.4 mi
- Mortimer: 11.6 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 16.1 mi
- Elk Shoals: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Watauga County US 221 Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calloway Peak | WSW 249° | 1,804 m | 6.5 mi |
| Hanging Rock | W 275° | 1,582 m | 6.8 mi |
| Peak Mountain | W 262° | 1,473 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SW 236° | 1,466 m | 5.6 mi |
| Grassy Knob | N 350° | 1,403 m | 7.7 mi |
| Snakeden Mountain | N 351° | 1,367 m | 6.8 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NE 50° | 1,362 m | 1.8 mi |
| Howard Knob | NNE 14° | 1,343 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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