Overlook Castle
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Overlook Castle is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 866 m. Wolfden Knob stands 1,493 m to the northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaucatcher Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Historic house.
Dates from 1914.
Wikidata Q7113808, matched on coordinates and name (5 m apart).
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.9 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 9.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Louise Falls: 5.7 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Cascades Falls: 11.5 mi
- Douglas Falls: 11.8 mi
- Walker Falls: 14.2 mi
- Beaucatcher Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Sunset Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Patton Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Cisco Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Albermarle Park: 0.6 mi
- Sunset Park: 0.6 mi
- Grove Park: 0.7 mi
- Weaver Park: 1.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr Park: 1.2 mi
- Jeter C. Pritchard Historical Marker: 1.2 mi
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial: 1.3 mi
- 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Marker: 1.4 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 1.4 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 1.5 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 1.3 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 3.5 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 4.4 mi
- Italian Garden: 5.0 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 1.4 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 1.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 1.6 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 1.6 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 1.6 mi
- Deco Gecko: 1.6 mi
- Passage: 1.7 mi
- Wake: 2.0 mi
- rooster: 2.5 mi
- Ironland: 1.6 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 1.8 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 4.7 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 4.8 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 11.9 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 11.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 11.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 8.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 13.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 19.2 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 20.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 20.6 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 16.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 21.2 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 18.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 18.6 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 22.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 10.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Overlook Castle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfden Knob | NE 49° | 1,493 m | 7.5 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NE 49° | 1,433 m | 6.4 mi |
| Richland Mountain | NE 44° | 1,429 m | 6.8 mi |
| Richland Knob | NE 44° | 1,429 m | 6.8 mi |
| Courthouse Knob | NE 39° | 1,322 m | 7.0 mi |
| High Swan | NE 52° | 1,300 m | 5.8 mi |
| Rice Knob | NE 39° | 1,219 m | 4.0 mi |
| Rock Knob | ENE 65° | 1,199 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1245144392
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- Asheville · 2 mi
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