Peak · North Carolina
Bank Mountain
Bank Mountain rises to 1,128 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Top Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Drovers Road passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31615710, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,128 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.43373, -82.40456
- 4.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 4.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 8.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.9 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 4 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 5 mi
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 6 mi
- Exclamation Point · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bald Top Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Garren Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Sandy Flat Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Wethero Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Green Mountain: 1.6 mi
Waterfalls
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 3.8 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 4.4 mi
- Tom's Falls: 6.5 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 7.1 mi
Parks
- Edneyville Community Park: 4.6 mi
- Fletcher Park: 5.0 mi
- Berkeley Mills Park: 6.9 mi
- Jake Rusher Park: 6.9 mi
- Westfeldt River Park: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 37
- Edneyville High School Monument: 4.5 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 4.6 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 5.8 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 13.6 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 24
- Pollinator Garden: 10.1 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Spring Garden: 10.9 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.9 mi
- Walled Garden: 11.0 mi
Museums: 20
- Historic Johnson Farm: 7.9 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 8.7 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 9.0 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 13.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 17
- WNC Agricultural Center: 7.2 mi
- Southern X793: 8.4 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 8.4 mi
- Historical Downtown: 8.7 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 9.1 mi
Artworks: 16
- Statue of Diana: 10.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 12.0 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 13.4 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 13.4 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 6.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 6.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 7.8 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 7.8 mi
- Worlds Edge: 8.8 mi
Nature reserves: 12
- Florence Nature Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 8.4 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 12.2 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 15.0 mi
Springs: 5
- Lenox Spring: 9.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 9.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 20.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 19.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 7.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 12.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Mountain Springs Lane: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Bank Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NE 41° | 1,341 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | NE 55° | 1,281 m | 3.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NE 46° | 1,225 m | 7.1 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,208 m | 3.9 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NE 44° | 1,160 m | 6.8 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | NNE 33° | 1,152 m | 3.6 mi |
| Turkey Knob | ENE 62° | 1,136 m | 2.6 mi |
| Ferguson Peak | NNE 32° | 1,101 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357767686
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