Big Cedar Mountain
Big Cedar Mountain rises to 1,159 m in North Carolina. Rocky Knob stands 1,433 m to the north, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Cedar Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31424120, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,159 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 3.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 8.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.3 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Cedar Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Butler Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Hemphill Knob: 2.2 mi
- Potato Knob: 2.3 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 8.8 mi
- Tom's Falls: 9.4 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 9.9 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
- Broad River Falls: 10.9 mi
- Asheville Recreation Park: 2.9 mi
- Anne Patton Joyce Park: 3.1 mi
- Ray L Kisiah Park: 3.5 mi
- Murphy-Oakley Park: 3.5 mi
- Entry-Way Garden: 3.7 mi
- Overlook Castle: 6.0 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 6.0 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 6.1 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 6.2 mi
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Spring Garden: 5.6 mi
- Italian Garden: 5.7 mi
- Azalea Garden: 5.7 mi
- Shrub Garden: 5.7 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 6.1 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 6.2 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 6.3 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 6.3 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 6.5 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 6.3 mi
- Ironland: 6.3 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 7.3 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 7.6 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 10.0 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 4.6 mi
- Statue of Diana: 5.5 mi
- Wake: 6.1 mi
- Deco Gecko: 6.3 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 6.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 7.9 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 10.7 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 4.6 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 11.8 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 13.3 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 14.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 8.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 14.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 14.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 17.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 17.2 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 18.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 19.6 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 22.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 11.0 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Big Cedar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Knob | N 2° | 1,433 m | 8.0 mi |
| Little Pisgah Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,341 m | 7.8 mi |
| Jesses High Top | ENE 75° | 1,326 m | 5.6 mi |
| High Windy | E 82° | 1,321 m | 6.5 mi |
| High Swan | N 360° | 1,300 m | 7.4 mi |
| Black Knob | E 87° | 1,291 m | 6.1 mi |
| High Top | ENE 77° | 1,263 m | 7.1 mi |
| High Hickory Knob | ENE 68° | 1,231 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357770008
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- Asheville · 6 mi
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