Big Warrior Mountain
Big Warrior Mountain rises to 736 m in North Carolina. Tryon Peak stands 986 m to the northeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Warrior Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Pacolet River Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31617174, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 736 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 7.5 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 8.5 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Vista Rock · 14 mi
- Devil's Head · 14 mi
- Opera Box · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harmon Field: 1.6 mi
- Rogers Park: 2.4 mi
- Depot Garden Park: 2.7 mi
- Woodland Park: 2.8 mi
- McCreery Park: 4.2 mi
- Hemlock Shoals: 1.7 mi
- Melrose Falls: 1.7 mi
- Little Bradley Falls: 1.8 mi
- Upper Melrose Falls: 1.9 mi
- Big Fall Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Little Warrior Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Buck Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Miller Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Ruins Of A Portable Saw Mill: 3.9 mi
- Blockhouse marker: 4.2 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 4.4 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 4.4 mi
- Blue Ridge Forest Swimming Pool: 4.7 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 2.7 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 4.2 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 4.3 mi
- House of Flags: 4.5 mi
- Landrum Depot: 6.1 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 6.1 mi
- Southern X793: 11.9 mi
- Historical Downtown: 11.9 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 13.6 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 13.9 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 1.3 mi
- Glassy Rock: 7.5 mi
- Worlds Edge: 11.3 mi
- The Pinnacles: 11.4 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Orange Bear: 7.2 mi
- Globe: 12.1 mi
- Maria: 13.1 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 16.7 mi
- Chicken Statue: 20.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 9.9 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 21.2 mi
- Greer Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- Asia Garden: 23.1 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 10.8 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 13.4 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 13.7 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Lenox Spring: 12.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 13.5 mi
- Chick Springs: 21.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 24.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Big Warrior Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tryon Peak | NE 38° | 986 m | 2.8 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | SSW 193° | 978 m | 4.5 mi |
| White Oak Mountain | NE 46° | 940 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | SW 214° | 921 m | 7.6 mi |
| Cliffield Mountain | N 350° | 918 m | 7.5 mi |
| Hoghead Mountain | SSW 206° | 893 m | 5.5 mi |
| Evans Mountain | WSW 246° | 853 m | 6.8 mi |
| Glassy Mountain | SSW 208° | 848 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tryon, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019167 — Big Warrior Mountain, Polk County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806545
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 29 mi
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