Blowing Rock

Blowing Rock is a town in and counties in the U.S. state of . The population was 1,376 at the 2020 census. The Caldwell County portion of Blowing Rock is part of the –– Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Watauga County portion is part of the Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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  • Town with 1,260 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 3,573 feet (1,089 metres)
  • Description: town in North Carolina, United States
  • Postal code: 28605
  • Also known as
    “Blowing Rock, NC”
    “Blowing Rock, North Carolina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Moses H. Cone Memorial Park and Green Park Inn.
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The was a historic hotel located on the…

Blowing Rock

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Latitude
36.135° or 36° 8′ 6″ north
Longitude
-81.6778° or 81° 40′ 40″ west
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Open location code
868W48PC+2V
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Blowing Rock” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلووينغ روك”
  • Basque: “Blowing Rock”
  • Catalan: “Blowing Rock”
  • Cebuano: “Blowing Rock”
  • Chechen: “Блоуинг-Рок”
  • Chinese: “布洛英羅克 (北卡羅萊納州)”
  • Chinese: “布洛英羅克”
  • Dutch: “Blowing Rock”
  • French: “Blowing Rock”
  • German: “Blowing Rock”
  • Gilaki: “بلؤئینگ راک (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “بلؤئینگ راک”
  • Greek: “Μπλόουινγκ Ροκ”
  • Haitian: “Blowing Rock, Kawolin dinò”
  • Hebrew: “בלואווינג רוק”
  • Hungarian: “Blowing Rock”
  • Italian: “Blowing Rock”
  • Japanese: “ブローイング・ロック”
  • Japanese: “ブローウィング・ロック”
  • Ladin: “Blowing Rock”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Blowing Rock”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blowing Rock”
  • Norwegian: “Blowing Rock”
  • Persian: “بلووینگ راک، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “بلووینگ راک”
  • Polish: “Blowing Rock”
  • Portuguese: “Blowing Rock”
  • Russian: “Блоуинг Рок”
  • Russian: “Блоуинг-Рок”
  • Serbian: “Блоуинг Рок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Blowing Rock, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Blowing Rock”
  • Silesian: “Blowing Rock (Půłnocno Karolina)”
  • Silesian: “Blowing Rock”
  • Spanish: “Blowing Rock”
  • Swedish: “Blowing Rock, North Carolina”
  • Swedish: “Blowing Rock”
  • Tatar: “Блоуинг-Рок”
  • Ukrainian: “Блоуїнг-Рок”
  • Urdu: “بلوئنگ راک، نارتھ کیرولائنا”
  • Uzbek: “Blowing Rock, North Carolina”
  • Uzbek: “Blowing Rock”
  • Uzbek: “Блоwинг Роcк”
  • Volapük: “Blowing Rock, North Carolina”
  • Volapük: “Blowing Rock”

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