Peak · North Carolina
Barnwell Mountain
Barnwell Mountain rises to 820 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the north-northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Raven Rock, a peak 0.8 miles away. Drovers Road passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31615808, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 820 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.44262, -82.31484
- 1.2 mi off the Drovers Road
- 0.9 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.0 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 3 mi
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- Exclamation Point · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Raven Rock: 0.8 mi
- Mitchell Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Little Fork Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Grant Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Chickasaw Knobs: 1.5 mi
Waterfalls
- Bead and Lace Falls: 1.4 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 2.2 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 2.3 mi
- Tom's Falls: 3.0 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 3.2 mi
Parks
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 3.6 mi
- The Gathering Place: 3.7 mi
- Edneyville Community Park: 4.1 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 4.2 mi
- Morse Park: 4.9 mi
Historic sites: 39
- Edneyville High School Monument: 3.6 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 3.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 10.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 12.1 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 14.7 mi
Gardens: 25
- Columbarium Garden: 10.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 12.6 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- Spring Garden: 14.8 mi
Museums: 23
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 11.6 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 11.9 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 12.0 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 12.4 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 14.4 mi
Attractions: 16
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 4.1 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 8.2 mi
- Southern X793: 11.6 mi
- Historical Downtown: 12.0 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 16
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 10.9 mi
- Statue of Diana: 14.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 15.1 mi
- Wake: 16.8 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Raven Cliffs: 2.3 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 3.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 3.8 mi
- Worlds Edge: 4.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 10.4 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Florence Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 7.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 11.2 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 16.5 mi
Springs: 5
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.1 mi
- Lenox Spring: 12.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 13.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 18.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 21.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 21.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 22.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 17.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Mountain Springs Lane: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Barnwell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,341 m | 4.1 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,281 m | 2.7 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | N 1° | 1,225 m | 4.4 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | NW 311° | 1,208 m | 2.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 134° | 1,208 m | 3.6 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | N 355° | 1,160 m | 4.3 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,156 m | 4.4 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | NW 308° | 1,152 m | 3.9 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 | 16:42 | 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 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1018971 — Barnwell Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806398
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