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Bergen Mountain

Bergen Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bergen Mountain rises to 686 m in North Carolina. Pinnacle stands 1,721 m to the northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Jerdon Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.3 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q31616543, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
686 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.64540, -82.18734

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lindley Park: 1.9 mi
  • Old Fort Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
  • Andrews Geyser: 3.0 mi
  • Welsh Field: 6.5 mi
  • Riverwalk Park: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Hickory Branch Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Slick Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Lower Catawaba Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Catawba Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Licklog Branch Falls: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 27
Artworks: 22
  • Blue Ridge Assembly: 9.1 mi
  • Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 16.1 mi
  • Friends: 19.7 mi
  • Stream: 19.7 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 19.8 mi
Attractions: 20
  • McDowell Tourism Authority: 1.3 mi
  • Buck Creek Trout Farm: 7.4 mi
  • Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 15.2 mi
  • Canopy Ridge Farm: 15.5 mi
  • Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 15.8 mi
Museums: 19
Gardens: 15
Nature reserves: 8
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
Rest areas: 5
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 9.5 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Bergen Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PinnacleNW1,721 m6.4 mi
Bald KnobNW1,640 m6.9 mi
Graybeard MountainWNW1,635 m6.6 mi
Big SlatyWNW1,597 m6.6 mi
Rocky KnobWNW1,597 m6.7 mi
Green KnobNNW1,540 m5.5 mi
Little SlatyWNW1,524 m6.7 mi
Glass Rock KnobNW1,471 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:41
June solstice06:1420:1120:48
September equinox07:1718:5419:27
December solstice07:3516:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370747367574740
Precip in4.23.64.24.54.85.44.86.25.74.13.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD FT 4 NE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1009194 — Bergen Mountain, McDowell County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357800729

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