Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 632 m. Rice Knob stands 1,219 m to the northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Burton Street Community Peace Garden, a garden 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.5 miles off.
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.5 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 11.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 15.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- French Broad River Overlook · 6 mi
- French Broad Overlook · 6 mi
- Haw Creek Valley (MP 380.0) · 6 mi
- Tanbark Ridge Overlook (MP 376.7) · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Westside Community Park: 0.9 mi
- Roger Farmer Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- West Asheville Park: 1.1 mi
- Malvern Hills Park: 1.1 mi
- Malvern Hills Park: 1.2 mi
- Dryman Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Richmond Hill: 2.3 mi
- High Point: 3.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Deaver View Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 7.2 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 7.2 mi
- Bee Branch Falls: 13.3 mi
- Slate Rock Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
- Johnny Tiller Falls: 14.6 mi
- Anne Penland: 2.4 mi
- Riverside Cemetery Marker: 2.4 mi
- 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Marker: 2.5 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 2.5 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 2.5 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 0.6 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Italian Garden: 4.0 mi
- Shrub Garden: 4.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 4.0 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 2.3 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 2.4 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 2.6 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 2.6 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 2.6 mi
- E. W. Pearson: 0.6 mi
- The Ties That Bind Asheville: 1.4 mi
- rooster: 1.6 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 1.7 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 1.7 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 2.2 mi
- Ironland: 2.4 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 2.5 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 3.2 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 10.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 8.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 17.7 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 19.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 19.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 4.0 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 15.1 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 15.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 15.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 16.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 20.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 20.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 14.9 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 22.4 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 7.4 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Knob | NE 51° | 1,219 m | 7.7 mi |
| Big Cedar Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,159 m | 8.3 mi |
| Peach Knob | NE 56° | 1,150 m | 6.8 mi |
| Billy Cove Knob | SSW 209° | 1,126 m | 8.2 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NE 49° | 1,122 m | 8.2 mi |
| Hickory Top | SSW 209° | 1,119 m | 7.5 mi |
| Stradley Mountain | SSW 209° | 1,119 m | 7.5 mi |
| Hayes Top | W 280° | 1,099 m | 6.3 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 | 17:22 |
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 | 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.
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