Bernard Mountain
Bernard Mountain rises to 803 m in North Carolina. Clingmans Peak stands 1,981 m to the north-northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Andrews Geyser, a park 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.3 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31616556, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 803 m
How to reach it
- 4.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 11.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.8 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Andrews Geyser: 0.9 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Welsh Field: 3.1 mi
- Lindley Park: 3.1 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 4.1 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 2.3 mi
- Catawba Falls: 2.4 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 2.6 mi
- Davids Falls: 2.9 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 3.2 mi
- Kitsuma Peak: 1.5 mi
- Boggs Bunion: 1.8 mi
- Copperhead Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 3.9 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 4.5 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 11.8 mi
- Potato House: 11.8 mi
- Spring House: 11.8 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 6.2 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 13.1 mi
- Terrace garden: 13.9 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 13.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 5.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 12.6 mi
- Deco Gecko: 17.4 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 17.4 mi
- Wake: 17.5 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 3.9 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 9.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 13.3 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 14.4 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 15.3 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 3.8 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 3.9 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 4.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 8.9 mi
- Historic Carson House: 11.4 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 5.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 9.5 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 15.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 16.3 mi
- The Pinnacles: 16.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 16.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 4.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 4.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 4.8 mi
- Gully Pipe: 23.6 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 24.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 12.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 13.0 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 21.6 mi
- Boat beach: 22.2 mi
- Swimming beach: 22.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 23.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 8.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 11.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bernard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clingmans Peak | NNW 343° | 1,981 m | 7.0 mi |
| Potato Knob | NNW 339° | 1,946 m | 6.7 mi |
| Pinnacle | NNW 342° | 1,721 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 344° | 1,640 m | 5.5 mi |
| Graybeard Mountain | NW 320° | 1,635 m | 4.1 mi |
| Big Slaty | NW 318° | 1,597 m | 3.9 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NNW 330° | 1,597 m | 4.5 mi |
| Green Knob | NNE 14° | 1,540 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019097 — Bernard Mountain, McDowell County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806488
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- Asheville · 18 mi
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