Wildcat Spring
Wildcat Spring is a spring in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 1,245 m. Mount Sterling stands 1,781 m to the southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Top, a peak 0.1 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 9.4 miles off.
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 9.6 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 19.8 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 19.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 15 mi
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 20 mi
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 20 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wildcat Top: 0.1 mi
- Snowbird Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Bills Knob: 1.4 mi
- Big Hill: 1.7 mi
- Rag Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Little Fall Branch Falls: 4.2 mi
- Cliff Dwellers Cascade: 5.5 mi
- Mouse Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
- West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 4.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Branch Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- French Broad Recreation Site: 10.6 mi
- Houston Valley Recreation Area: 13.7 mi
- Irish Cut Road Park: 13.8 mi
- Stanley Cliff: 7.0 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 8.6 mi
- Raven Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Vann Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 11.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 13.9 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 18.1 mi
- Masonic Monument: 18.6 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 18.8 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 13.3 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 15.6 mi
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 6.3 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 15.2 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 18.3 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 18.9 mi
- Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 19.4 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 5.3 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 6.7 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 7.1 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 9.3 mi
- Burnett Spring: 13.0 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 5.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 6.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 18.8 mi
- Shook Museum: 18.8 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 20.8 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 23.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 15.2 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 21.1 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 18.0 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 19.0 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 18.0 mi
- Berm Park: 22.1 mi
- Greenbrier: 20.1 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 20.9 mi
- Wasp: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Wildcat Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sterling | SW 218° | 1,780.95 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sunup Knob | WSW 250° | 1,534.24 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Cammerer | WSW 258° | 1,502.05 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 114° | 1,408 m | 7.9 mi |
| Max Patch Mountain | E 79° | 1,407 m | 4.9 mi |
| Naked Place Mountain | SE 125° | 1,406 m | 6.5 mi |
| Rough Knob | ESE 111° | 1,381 m | 7.2 mi |
| Haynes Knob | SE 138° | 1,356 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:14 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:43 | 17:23 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,432 | 1,658 | 1,562 | 1,491 | 1,229 | 833 | 750 | 630 | 734 | 598 | 759 | 1,196 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pigeon R BL Power Plant NR Waterville, NC, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Wapiti21 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain10 obs
- American cancer-root9 obs
- white baneberry8 obs
- Flame Azalea7 obs
- Common Garter Snake6 obs
- bloodroot6 obs
- Timber Rattlesnake5 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/553225926
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