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Big Rock Spring

Big Rock Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Big Rock Spring is a spring in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,127 m. Bluff Mountain stands 1,430 m to the southwest, 0.8 miles off. Appalachian Medley passes 2.3 miles off.

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Coordinates35.84986, -82.89812

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 50
Waterfalls: 24
Cliffs: 12
Historic sites: 11
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 4.7 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 4.8 mi
  • Shelton Laurel Massacre: 10.5 mi
  • Declaration of Independence: 12.5 mi
  • US Constitution: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Murray Branch Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
  • Cold Springs Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 8.0 mi
  • Overlook Access: 9.3 mi
Museums: 7
  • Rural Heritage Museum: 19.6 mi
  • Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 21.5 mi
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 21.8 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 21.8 mi
  • Shook Museum: 22.0 mi
Springs: 6
Attractions: 4
  • French Broad Rafting: 9.7 mi
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 14.1 mi
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 21.9 mi
  • Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 24.7 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Rhododenron Garden: 22.4 mi
  • Susanna Wesley Garden: 22.5 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Chief Junaluska: 22.5 mi
  • Berm Park: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bluff MountainSW 218°1,430 m0.8 mi
Bald KnobS 187°1,408 m7.9 mi
Max Patch MountainSW 222°1,407 m4.9 mi
Tennessee BluffWSW 241°1,406 m1.2 mi
Rough KnobS 191°1,381 m7.3 mi
Rich MountainSW 234°1,311 m3.5 mi
Laurel MountainWSW 246°1,311 m5.1 mi
Mule StompS 188°1,307 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1620:1420:52
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:3916:4217:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384249576673767670594842
Precip in3.73.34.03.84.55.24.74.93.42.42.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HOT Springs, 5 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3,8213,9953,6603,6683,1762,2562,3702,3622,0141,9822,0962,852

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge French Broad River AT Hot Springs, NC, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • red trillium15 obs
  • squirrel corn11 obs
  • pink lady's slipper10 obs
  • Dutchman's breeches7 obs
  • showy orchis7 obs
  • large white trillium7 obs
  • chicken of the woods6 obs
  • spotted mandarin6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8301432178

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