Big Spring Mountain
Big Spring Mountain rises to 1,255 m in North Carolina. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Cove Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. New River Valley Byway passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31617125, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,255 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 16.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.6 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Jefferson View · 18 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 19 mi
- Lewis Fork Overlook · 19 mi
- Grandview Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Cove Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Alley Knob: 3.8 mi
- Lihue Knob: 4.6 mi
- Catface Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Pond Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Ashe County Park: 9.0 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 9.1 mi
- Bowie Seagrave Memorial Park: 9.7 mi
- Back Street Park: 9.7 mi
- Family Central: 11.0 mi
- Listening Rock: 9.6 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 10.2 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 12.9 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 13.5 mi
- Spring House: 19.9 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 13.3 mi
- Doc Watson Statue: 20.3 mi
- Hellbenders: 20.4 mi
- Time and Honor: 20.4 mi
- Doc and Merle Watson: 20.4 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 4.4 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Bluff Mountain Falls: 8.1 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 11.2 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 11.7 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 8.9 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 9.7 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 11.2 mi
- Children's Playhouse: 20.3 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 20.9 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 11.2 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 12.5 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 13.3 mi
- Old Doe Lookout Tower: 20.2 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 20.4 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 7.0 mi
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 20.2 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 20.4 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 20.6 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 20.6 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Trials Playground: 13.6 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 16.8 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Backbone Rock: 12.9 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 21.0 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Alligator Back: 24.3 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 24.7 mi
- Boiling Spring: 8.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 8.5 mi
- Brig Spring: 9.4 mi
- Elk Shoals: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Big Spring Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | NNE 19° | 1,744 m | 11.2 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | N 1° | 1,684 m | 9.1 mi |
| The Peak | SSW 195° | 1,573 m | 7.4 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | N 357° | 1,553 m | 8.9 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | NE 35° | 1,551 m | 10.1 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,542 m | 8.3 mi |
| Three Top Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,530 m | 5.8 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,526 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019163 — Big Spring Mountain, Ashe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806541
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