Blowing Rock geodata
Blowing Rock (North Carolina) is a populated place; located in United States in America/New_York (GMT-5) time zone. With population of 1,292 people, there are 14628 cities with bigger population in this country. Compared to other cities in United States, 69.7% of cities are located further ↑North; 66.8% of cities are located further ←West and 93.9% of cities have lower elevation than Blowing Rock. Note1
Administrative division(s):
- Level 1: North Carolina
- Level 2: Watauga County
- Level 3: Township of Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock GPS coordinates[2]
36° 8' 6.468" North, 81° 40' 39.396" West
| Map corner | latitude | longitude |
|---|---|---|
| Upper-left | 36.70093°, | -82.38074° |
| Center: | 36.13513°, | -81.67761° |
| Lower-right: | 35.56522°, | -80.97449° |
| Map W x H: | 126.3×126.3 km | = 78.5×78.5mi |
| max Lat: | 71.29058° ⇑69.7% North |
| Blowing Rock: | 36.13513° |
| min Lat: | ⇓30.3% South 19.06759° |
| min Long | Blowing Rock | max Long |
| -171.73463° | -81.67761° | -66.98998° |
| W 66.8%⇐ | ⇒33.2% E |
Elevation
Elevation of Blowing Rock is 1088 m = 3570 ft, and this is 793.2 m = 2602 ft above average elevation for this country.
| Max E: |
3189 m = 10463 ft | 6.1% |
| Blowing Rock | 1088 m 3570 ft | |
| Avg. | 294.8 m = 967 ft | |
Min E: |
-60 m = -197 ft | 93.9% |
See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.
Geographical zone
Blowing Rock is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1411.9 km =877.3 mi to South.| Distance of | km | miles | from Blowing Rock |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Pole | 5989.2 | 3721.5 | to North |
| Arctic Circle | 3383.3 | 2102.3 | to North |
| Tropic Cancer | 1411.9 | 877.3 | to South |
| Equator | 4017.8 | 2496.5 | to South |
Nearby cities:
15 places around Blowing Rock: (largest is in red/bold)
• Banner Elk
17.7 km =11 mi, 
280°
• Boone
9.1 km =5.7 mi, 
1°
• Cajahs Mountain
35.6 km =22.1 mi, 
159°
• Drexel
42.5 km =26.4 mi, 
171°
• Foscoe
8.4 km =5.2 mi, 
290°
• Gamewell
30.5 km =19 mi, 166°
• Hudson
35.8 km =22.2 mi, 
152°
• Jefferson
36.6 km =22.7 mi, 
29°
• Lenoir
27.6 km =17.1 mi, 153°
• Millers Creek
40 km =24.9 mi, 
81°
• Mountain City
39.4 km =24.5 mi, 
343°
• Newland
23.1 km =14.4 mi, 
256°
• Roan Mountain
35.9 km =22.3 mi, 280°
• Sawmills
39 km =24.2 mi, 152°
• West Jefferson
34.2 km =21.3 mi, 29°
Sources, notices
• [Note1] Compared only with cities in United States existing in our database
• [Src1] Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC-BY-SA)
• [Src2] Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
• [Src3] Geographical zone / Annual Mean Temperature by Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia
