Little Switzerland
in McDowell County of North Carolina, United States
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Asheville Regional Airport (38 mi) - Hickory Regional Airport (40 mi)
- Tri Cities Regional Tn Va Airport (47 mi)
- Greenville Spartanburg International Airport (66 mi)
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport (78 mi)
- Smith Reynolds Airport (106 mi)
- McGhee Tyson Airport (107 mi)
- Mercer County Airport (111 mi)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Unesco heritage, 32 mi)
- Grassy Creek Golf & Country Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Linville Falls Mountain Club & Preserve (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Marion Lake Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Mount Mitchell Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Mountain Air Country Club (Golf course, 14 mi)
- Land Harbor Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Linville Golf Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Linville Ridge Country Club (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Mountain Glen Golf Course (Golf course, 19 mi)
- Black Mountain Golf Course (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Proposed Crabtree Creek Overlook (observation point, (2 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 35.849 and -82.090 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 35° 50' 57" and W -82° 5' 25"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 11:18 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: America/New_York
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:20 am and 8:28 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -33.937 and 115.018 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Burnside - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-05-16 08:19:50
Touring Little Switzerland
Little Switzerland in McDowell County (North Carolina) is a town located in United States about 348 mi (or 560 km) south-west of Washington DC, the country's capital place.
Time in Little Switzerland is now 11:18 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -4 hours. We know of 8 airports nearby Little Switzerland, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Asheville Regional Airport in a distance of 38 mi (or 61 km), South-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Great Smoky Mountains National Park in a distance of 32 mi (or 51 km), South-West. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance. We collected 1 points of interest near this location. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Bakersville, Marion, Burnsville, Newland and Morganton. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 63 °F
| Morning Temperature | 14°C / 58 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Night Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 3% |
| Air Humidity | 92% |
| Air Pressure | 1015 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (2 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Friday, 17th of May 2024
20°C (67 °F)
15°C (60 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 18th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
15°C (58 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Sunday, 19th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Lemon Tree Inn
SKYLINE VILLAGE INN
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Little Switzerland, North Carolina
Little Switzerland is an unincorporated community in McDowell and Mitchell counties of North Carolina, United States. It is located along NC 226A off the Blue Ridge Parkway, directly north of Marion, North Carolina and south of Spruce Pine. At this location, in 1909, on eleven hundred acres surveyed from the top of Grassy Mountain, the "Switzerland Company" was founded by North Carolina State Supreme Court Justice Heriot Clarkson.
Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels
Blue Ridge Parkway tunnels consist of a total of 26 vehicle tunnels constructed along the 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway. One, the Bluff Mountain Tunnel, is in Virginia and twenty-five are in North Carolina. The design standards specified a minimum impact on the land. The vehicle tunnels were often constructed to reduce excessive landscape scarring that open cuts would have produced. They are used in areas of steep terrain where ridges run perpendicular to the roadway alignment.
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