The Bunkum Stone
The Bunkum Stone is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 660 m. Rocky Knob stands 1,433 m to the northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Triangle Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.4 miles off.
A large stone describing the origin of the work "Bunk" or "Bunkum"
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.8 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 9.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.9 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Haw Creek Valley (MP 380.0) · 4 mi
- Tanbark Ridge Overlook (MP 376.7) · 6 mi
- French Broad River Overlook · 7 mi
- French Broad Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beaucatcher Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Sunset Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cisco Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 6.8 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cascades Falls: 13.1 mi
- Douglas Falls: 13.3 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 14.6 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.1 mi
- Stephens-Lee Center: 0.2 mi
- Pack Square: 0.3 mi
- Pritchard Park: 0.3 mi
- Oakhurst Park: 0.4 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 0.3 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 0.3 mi
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Jeter C. Pritchard Historical Marker: 0.8 mi
- 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Marker: 0.9 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 2.0 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Italian Garden: 3.6 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 0.3 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 0.3 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 0.4 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 0.5 mi
- Ironland: 0.3 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 1.8 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 3.1 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 3.3 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 11.1 mi
- Deco Gecko: 0.3 mi
- Wake: 0.3 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 0.3 mi
- Passage: 0.4 mi
- rooster: 0.9 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 13.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 13.3 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 7.5 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 19.2 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 16.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.6 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 8.7 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of The Bunkum Stone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Knob | NE 46° | 1,433 m | 8.0 mi |
| High Swan | NE 48° | 1,300 m | 7.4 mi |
| Rice Knob | NE 38° | 1,219 m | 5.6 mi |
| Rock Knob | ENE 59° | 1,199 m | 8.0 mi |
| Big Cedar Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,159 m | 6.0 mi |
| Peach Knob | NE 43° | 1,150 m | 4.6 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NE 37° | 1,122 m | 6.2 mi |
| Butler Mountain | SE 132° | 1,086 m | 6.2 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4631157183
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 1 mi
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