Nature reserve · North Carolina
Florence Nature Preserve
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Florence Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 918 m. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the north-northeast, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Burntshirt Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Drovers Road passes 0.5 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates35.48315, -82.33910
- 0.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 3.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 9.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.6 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 1 mi
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Exclamation Point · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Burntshirt Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Tater Knob: 1.1 mi
- Little Pisgah Mountain: 1.2 mi
- High Top: 1.3 mi
- Little Bearwallow Mountain: 1.3 mi
Waterfalls
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 1.1 mi
- Tom's Falls: 1.7 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 2.5 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 3.3 mi
- Broad River Falls: 3.4 mi
Parks
- The Gathering Place: 5.8 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 6.0 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 6.4 mi
- Edneyville Community Park: 6.6 mi
- Morse Park: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 39
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 1.0 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 6.1 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 9.8 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 13.4 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 26
- Columbarium Garden: 7.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Spring Garden: 12.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 12.5 mi
Museums: 23
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 9.2 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 12.9 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 13.3 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 13.4 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 17
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 6.5 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.3 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 11.5 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 12.6 mi
- Southern X793: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 16
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 8.0 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 12.1 mi
- Statue of Diana: 12.4 mi
- Wake: 14.1 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Raven Cliffs: 5.4 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 6.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 6.9 mi
- Worlds Edge: 7.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 8.4 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 9.6 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 12.8 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 13.7 mi
- Rocky Knob: 15.1 mi
Springs: 5
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 7.5 mi
- Lenox Spring: 14.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 15.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 21.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 21.0 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.1 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 23.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Florence Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,341 m | 1.2 mi |
| Jesses High Top | N 352° | 1,326 m | 6.6 mi |
| High Windy | N 1° | 1,321 m | 6.0 mi |
| Black Knob | N 357° | 1,291 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,281 m | 1.8 mi |
| High Top | N 5° | 1,263 m | 6.6 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NE 42° | 1,225 m | 2.1 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,208 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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