Collier Cove Nature Preserve
Collier Cove Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 786 m. Big Cedar Mountain stands 1,159 m to the north-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.7 miles off.
The park consists of over 29 acres of hillside woodland with nearly 2 miles of well defined, steep and strenuous hiking trails. There are several areas with ample clearing, which provides beautiful views of the eastern Butler mountain Range. Activities i
What to expect
- Operated by
- Buncombe County
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.2 mi off the Drovers Road
- 11.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 13.0 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- French Broad Overlook · 5 mi
- French Broad River Overlook · 5 mi
- Sleepy Gap Parking · 7 mi
- View Chesnut Cove · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brown Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Weston Knob: 1.0 mi
- Blake Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Frady Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Concord Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Jake Rusher Park: 1.0 mi
- Lake Julian Park: 1.8 mi
- Ballantree neighborhood park: 2.1 mi
- Corcoran Paige River Park: 3.1 mi
- Brooklawn Park: 3.2 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 9.4 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 9.7 mi
- Tom's Falls: 11.1 mi
- Turley Falls: 11.2 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 2.8 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 7.8 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 8.1 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 8.1 mi
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Azalea Garden: 4.5 mi
- Spring Garden: 4.5 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 4.6 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 8.1 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 8.1 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 8.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 8.3 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 8.3 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 4.2 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 4.6 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 5.4 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 6.6 mi
- Ironland: 8.2 mi
- Statue of Diana: 4.5 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 7.2 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 7.3 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 7.3 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 7.3 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 1.3 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 11.8 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- The Pinnacles: 14.3 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 10.7 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 12.3 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 16.5 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 14.8 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 23.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 11.9 mi
- Lenox Spring: 12.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.3 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 20.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 20.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 4.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 4.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 6.8 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Collier Cove Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cedar Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,159 m | 5.8 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | E 94° | 1,152 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bank Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,128 m | 6.7 mi |
| Ferguson Peak | E 89° | 1,101 m | 8.0 mi |
| Butler Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,086 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bald Top Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,086 m | 7.5 mi |
| Hightop Mountain | SE 137° | 1,082 m | 6.1 mi |
| Busbee Mountain | N 2° | 1,063 m | 2.6 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 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:42 | 17:22 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Asheville · 7 mi
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