Adams Mountain
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Adams Mountain rises to 757 m in North Carolina. Ball Ground Mountain stands 1,294 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Triple Drop, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Adams Mountain (variant name: Adams Knob) is a mountain near the unincorporated community of Collettsville, North Carolina. It is situated wholly within Pisgah National Forest. It reaches 2,490 feet (759 m) and is nearby Brown Mountain Ridge, which is known for its mysterious Brown Mountain Lights. Adams Mountain rises along the eastern rim of Wilson Creek Gorge. Its slopes generate feeder streams for Wilson Creek as it flows towards the Catawba River.
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Wikidata Q4680382, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 757 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 9.6 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 10.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.6 mi off the Little Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 10 mi
- Lost Cove Cliffs Overlook (MP 310) · 11 mi
- Erwin's View Outlook · 11 mi
- Gorge View · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Triple Drop: 0.6 mi
- Thunder Hole: 0.7 mi
- Boat Buster: 0.7 mi
- Razorback: 0.9 mi
- Ten Foot Falls: 1.0 mi
- Loose Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Brown Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Fletcher Knob: 2.5 mi
- Little Chestnut Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Mill Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 2.9 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Gamewell Optimist Park: 7.2 mi
- Daniel Boone Wildlife Management Area: 8.4 mi
- Gamewell Park: 8.6 mi
- Four Trumpets: 10.1 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 10.2 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 10.4 mi
- While I Close My Eyes: 10.4 mi
- Golden Throat: 10.4 mi
- House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 2.1 mi
- Linville Caverns: 12.0 mi
- Stack Rock: 12.2 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 12.3 mi
- Daffodil Flats: 12.3 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 2.8 mi
- Caldwell Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 12.6 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 13.0 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 13.1 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 4.1 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 12.7 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 12.9 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 13.9 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Raven Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 9.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 12.7 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 8.2 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 12.7 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 14.2 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 15.3 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Community Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 19.3 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 19.5 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Woods Walk: 12.7 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 11.6 mi
- Gully Pipe: 12.1 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 13.0 mi
- Shanty Springs: 13.5 mi
- Swimming beach: 15.1 mi
- Boat beach: 15.1 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 19.2 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 6.6 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 14.9 mi
- Mortimer: 4.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Adams Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Ground Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,294 m | 10.2 mi |
| Gingercake Mountain | W 273° | 1,262 m | 9.3 mi |
| Cranberry Knob | WNW 292° | 1,258 m | 9.6 mi |
| Sitting Bear Mountain | W 270° | 1,248 m | 9.2 mi |
| Parks Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,233 m | 8.9 mi |
| Big Rough Knob | NW 321° | 1,233 m | 10.5 mi |
| Laurel Knob | W 265° | 1,233 m | 10.7 mi |
| Hawksbill Mountain | W 262° | 1,222 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
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 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806284
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