- Elevation, modelled
- 1,622 m
- Tallest summit within 8.1 miles
- Calloway Peak1,804 m · 0.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Blue Ridge Parkway0.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:48local time
- Coordinates
- 36.1111, -81.8170
Shanty Springs is a spring in North Carolina, at a modelled 1,622 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the east, 0.4 miles off. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Shanty Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calloway Peak | E 86° | 1,804 m | 0.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 325° | 1,663 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pinnacles of the Beech | NW 324° | 1,652 m | 6.2 mi |
| Sugar Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,585 m | 3.4 mi |
| Hanging Rock | N 352° | 1,582 m | 3.0 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | W 276° | 1,502 m | 2.5 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NNW 346° | 1,502 m | 6.5 mi |
| Peak Mountain | NW 325° | 1,473 m | 1.7 mi |
- 0.9 mi off the Blue Ridge ParkwayNational
- 1.1 mi off the Little Parkway
- 4.4 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 9.8 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Watauga View · 1 mi
- Calloway Peak · 1 mi
- Wilson Creek Overlook · 1 mi
- Yonahlossee Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Calloway Peak: 0.4 mi
- MacRae Peak: 0.7 mi
- Linville Peak: 1.5 mi
- Peak Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 1.9 mi
- Tanawha Falls: 1.4 mi
- Green Mountain Falls: 2.2 mi
- Otter Falls: 2.6 mi
- Little Wilson Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
- Andrews Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Norris Clifton Park: 2.3 mi
- Foscoe-Grandfather Community Center and Park: 2.6 mi
- The Park at Seven Devils: 2.6 mi
- Otter Falls Park: 2.7 mi
- J. Douglass Williams Park: 2.9 mi
- The Gardener: 7.9 mi
- Jessie: 7.9 mi
- The Rock: 10.2 mi
- Yosef the Mountain Man: 10.3 mi
- Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 10.3 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 1.2 mi
- Stack Rock: 1.5 mi
- Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 2.1 mi
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 4.0 mi
- Fun 'N' Wheels: 9.3 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 1.4 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 1.9 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 2.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 6.2 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 1.8 mi
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 6.2 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 6.3 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 7.4 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 7.8 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Woods Walk: 2.1 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 7.6 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 9.4 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 10.5 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 1.9 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 6.3 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 7.8 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 1.2 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 19.5 mi
- Gully Pipe: 19.9 mi
- Hampton Spring: 23.2 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 6.8 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 11.7 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.5 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 21.8 mi
- Mortimer: 9.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 34 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 1 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 217 | 256 | 286 | 259 | 197 | 148 | 118 | 115 | 133 | 117 | 156 | 182 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Watauga River Near Sugar Grove, NC, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- sand myrtle415 obs
- red spruce185 obs
- Fraser fir181 obs
- Cliff Saxifrage179 obs
- American mountain ash174 obs
- galax164 obs
- hobblebush158 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco143 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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