Andrews Geyser
Andrews Geyser is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 546 m. Clingmans Peak stands 1,981 m to the north-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bernard Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Old Fort
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.2 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bernard Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Licklog Knob: 1.5 mi
- Lost Cove Knob: 1.9 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Iron Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Lindley Park: 3.1 mi
- Welsh Field: 3.5 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 4.9 mi
- Town Square: 5.0 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 3.0 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 3.0 mi
- Catawba Falls: 3.2 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 3.4 mi
- Slick Falls: 3.5 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 3.6 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 4.2 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 11.5 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 12.1 mi
- Potato House: 12.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 7.0 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 12.3 mi
- Terrace garden: 13.1 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 13.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 6.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 13.2 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 18.0 mi
- Deco Gecko: 18.0 mi
- Wake: 18.1 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 3.7 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 8.5 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 13.1 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 15.1 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 15.2 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 3.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 3.7 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 3.8 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 5.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 8.2 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 6.0 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 9.4 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 16.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 3.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 17.1 mi
- The Pinnacles: 17.4 mi
- Worlds Edge: 17.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 3.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 4.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 5.6 mi
- Gully Pipe: 22.8 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 12.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 12.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 20.7 mi
- Boat beach: 21.5 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 24.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 8.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Andrews Geyser. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clingmans Peak | NNW 337° | 1,981 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | NNW 338° | 1,971 m | 6.6 mi |
| Potato Knob | NNW 333° | 1,946 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pinnacle | NNW 333° | 1,721 m | 4.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 336° | 1,640 m | 4.9 mi |
| Graybeard Mountain | NW 308° | 1,635 m | 3.9 mi |
| Big Slaty | NW 304° | 1,597 m | 3.8 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NW 319° | 1,597 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 6 mi away.
- red trillium18 obs
- bloodroot17 obs
- galax11 obs
- Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid10 obs
- dwarf crested iris10 obs
- Central Ratsnake10 obs
- Seal Salamander8 obs
- Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander8 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1119040861
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