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Bee Mountain

Bee Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bee Mountain rises to 901 m in North Carolina. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the north, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Ned Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.2 miles off.

About

The story

Bee Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country and is wholly in the Pisgah National Forest. Its elevation reaches 2,946 feet (898 m). The mountain generates feeder streams for the Catawba River. It is one of the more isolated mountains in North Carolina, with only one road (Roseboro Road/SR1511) that remotely goes near it.

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Wikidata Q4879513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
901 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.03068, -81.82317

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Little Lost Cove Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Upper Little Lost Cove Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Upper Gragg Prong Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Huntfish Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Huntfish Sidekick Falls: 1.6 mi
Parks
Artworks: 37
  • The Gardener: 10.8 mi
  • Jessie: 10.8 mi
  • The Rock: 14.7 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 14.9 mi
  • Daniel Boone and his Hunting Dogs: 14.9 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Stack Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Linn Cove Viaduct: 4.4 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 7.1 mi
  • House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 8.0 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 9.2 mi
Museums: 19
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 12
  • Mortimer memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Avery County Veterans Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Law Enforcement Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 10.4 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 11
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 9
Springs: 4
  • Shanty Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 14.1 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Bee Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakN 7°1,804 m5.6 mi
Sugar MountainNNW 336°1,585 m7.1 mi
Flattop MountainNNW 340°1,502 m6.2 mi
Peak MountainN 355°1,473 m6.9 mi
Pilot KnobNNE 24°1,466 m5.3 mi
Big Haw MountainWNW 293°1,425 m8.2 mi
Grandmother MountainNNW 334°1,408 m2.5 mi
Spanish Oak MountainWNW 292°1,381 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:1220:1020:48
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3516:3817:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138475561656459494034
Precip in5.03.95.45.96.06.46.25.86.55.04.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019048 — Bee Mountain, Avery County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357806453

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