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.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 3.9 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 4.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 8.9 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 7.0 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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