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Big Pisgah Mountain

Big Pisgah Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Big Pisgah Mountain rises to 1,342 m in North Carolina. Bald Knob stands 1,453 m to the north-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Dismal Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 4.0 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31617077, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1342 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.17315, -82.96986

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Dismal Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Lower Dismal Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Laurel Blossom Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Diamond Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Devil's Canyon Falls: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 3.8 mi
  • Canada Community Park: 7.0 mi
  • Champion Park: 8.4 mi
  • Cedar Cliff Lake Access: 8.5 mi
  • Cashiers Village Green Park: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 19
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 9.7 mi
  • Camp John Rock: 12.7 mi
  • Catamount Statue: 15.4 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 15.7 mi
  • Jackson County Veterans Memorial: 20.1 mi
Museums: 11
Attractions: 10
Gardens: 10
Nature reserves: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Ear: 15.0 mi
  • Chalice: 15.1 mi
  • American Eclipse: 15.2 mi
  • Wi: 15.3 mi
  • Moai Statue: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 20.6 mi
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
  • South: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 14.4 mi
  • North Beach: 23.4 mi
  • South Beach: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Big Pisgah Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNNE 27°1,453 m5.6 mi
Toxaway MountainSSW 195°1,452 m2.9 mi
Rockyface MountainNNE 26°1,427 m5.3 mi
Cold MountainWSW 242°1,414 m1.0 mi
Bruce KnobNNE 31°1,401 m5.9 mi
Little Hogback MountainSW 227°1,392 m3.5 mi
Hogback MountainSW 227°1,386 m3.5 mi
Laurel KnobWSW 255°1,380 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1920:1320:50
September equinox07:2118:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019159 — Big Pisgah Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357806537

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