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Middle Gragg Prong Falls

Middle Gragg Prong Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Middle Gragg Prong Falls is a waterfall in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 588 m. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the north, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Gragg Prong Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.02131, -81.79667

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Gragg Prong Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Upper Gragg Prong Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Huntfish Sidekick Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Huntfish Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Bard Falls: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Parks
Artworks: 37
  • The Gardener: 10.2 mi
  • Jessie: 10.2 mi
  • The Rock: 14.6 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 14.7 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Stack Rock: 4.9 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 5.1 mi
  • House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 6.5 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 8.1 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 9.5 mi
Museums: 19
Cliffs: 14
Historic sites: 13
  • Mortimer memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 8.6 mi
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 8.6 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 9.8 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 10
Gardens: 10
Springs: 4
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 6.3 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 14.0 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakN 353°1,804 m6.3 mi
Flattop MountainNNW 331°1,502 m7.4 mi
Peak MountainNNW 345°1,473 m7.9 mi
Pilot KnobN 7°1,466 m5.5 mi
Grandmother MountainNW 318°1,408 m3.9 mi
Moore MountainNW 308°1,344 m6.6 mi
Beacon HeightsNNW 337°1,327 m4.6 mi
Little BaldNW 309°1,307 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3516:3817:17

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8539679030

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