Ironland
Ironland is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 676 m. Rocky Knob stands 1,433 m to the northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Iron Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
experimental micronation based at the Flat Iron Statue in Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Wikidata Q127371088, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.5 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 9.8 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pritchard Park: 0.0 mi
- Pack Square: 0.3 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.3 mi
- Hummingbird Park: 0.4 mi
- Stephens-Lee Center: 0.4 mi
- Beaucatcher Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Sunset Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Richmond Hill: 2.3 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 6.5 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Cascades Falls: 13.1 mi
- Douglas Falls: 13.4 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 15.0 mi
- Anne Penland: 0.1 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 0.2 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 0.3 mi
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial: 0.3 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 0.3 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 1.9 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Italian Garden: 3.8 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 0.1 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 0.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 0.2 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 0.3 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 0.0 mi
- Deco Gecko: 0.0 mi
- Passage: 0.1 mi
- Wake: 0.5 mi
- rooster: 0.9 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 1.4 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 3.2 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 3.5 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 11.3 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 11.7 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 13.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 13.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 7.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 19.5 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 16.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 8.8 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Ironland. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Knob | NE 49° | 1,433 m | 8.0 mi |
| High Swan | NE 51° | 1,300 m | 7.4 mi |
| Rice Knob | NE 41° | 1,219 m | 5.6 mi |
| Rock Knob | ENE 61° | 1,199 m | 8.1 mi |
| Big Cedar Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,159 m | 6.3 mi |
| Peach Knob | NE 47° | 1,150 m | 4.6 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NE 40° | 1,122 m | 6.1 mi |
| Butler Mountain | SE 132° | 1,086 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1381391529
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 1 mi
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