Peak · North Carolina
Allen Hill Mountain
Allen Hill Mountain rises to 796 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the northwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Minnehaha Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Drovers Road passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31614817, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 796 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.46817, -82.30150
- 0.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 0.9 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.9 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 2 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Exclamation Point · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Waterfalls
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 1.0 mi
- Tom's Falls: 1.3 mi
- Broad River Falls: 1.8 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 2.1 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 2.5 mi
Peaks
- Raven Rock: 1.1 mi
- Grant Mountain: 1.7 mi
- High Top: 1.8 mi
- Burntshirt Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Barnwell Mountain: 1.9 mi
Parks
- The Gathering Place: 3.5 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 3.7 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 4.0 mi
- Morse Park: 4.7 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 34
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 3.4 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 5.6 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 11.6 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 13.0 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 23
- Columbarium Garden: 8.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 14.5 mi
- Spring Garden: 14.8 mi
Museums: 22
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 10.3 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 12.9 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 13.0 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 13.5 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 17
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 4.2 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 8.0 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 12.9 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 13.3 mi
- Southern X793: 13.4 mi
Artworks: 15
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 9.3 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 14.2 mi
- Statue of Diana: 14.7 mi
- Wake: 16.4 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Raven Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- The Pinnacles: 5.0 mi
- Worlds Edge: 5.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 10.7 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Florence Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 7.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 13.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 14.9 mi
Springs: 5
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 8.4 mi
- Lenox Spring: 14.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 15.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 16.5 mi
Rest areas: 5
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 19.9 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 18.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Mountain Springs Lane: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Allen Hill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NW 322° | 1,341 m | 2.8 mi |
| Black Knob | NNW 339° | 1,291 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | W 261° | 1,281 m | 3.2 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NNW 345° | 1,225 m | 2.7 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | W 265° | 1,208 m | 2.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,208 m | 4.6 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,160 m | 2.7 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | E 90° | 1,156 m | 3.3 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 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806293
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