Blake Mountain
Blake Mountain rises to 762 m in North Carolina. Big Cedar Mountain stands 1,159 m to the northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Frady Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31617568, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 762 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.1 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 14.1 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- French Broad River Overlook · 4 mi
- French Broad Overlook · 4 mi
- View Chesnut Cove · 7 mi
- Chestnut Cove Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frady Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Brown Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Ducker Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Busbee Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Weston Knob: 2.3 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 10.7 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 11.1 mi
- Johnny Tiller Falls: 11.8 mi
- Slate Rock Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Lake Julian Park: 1.2 mi
- Ballantree neighborhood park: 1.3 mi
- Jake Rusher Park: 1.7 mi
- Brooklawn Park: 1.9 mi
- Rosebank Park: 2.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 3.9 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 6.7 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 7.0 mi
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Jeter C. Pritchard Historical Marker: 7.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 3.1 mi
- Spring Garden: 3.2 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.3 mi
- Shrub Garden: 3.3 mi
- Italian Garden: 3.3 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 6.9 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 7.0 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 7.0 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 7.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 7.1 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 4.0 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 4.8 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 4.8 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 5.2 mi
- Ironland: 7.0 mi
- Statue of Diana: 3.2 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 5.9 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 6.0 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 6.0 mi
- Wake: 6.5 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 9.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 13.5 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 2.2 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 12.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 14.4 mi
- High Rocks: 15.5 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 14.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 23.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 12.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 13.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 20.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 20.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 4.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 4.8 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 5.7 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 11.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Blake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cedar Mountain | NE 45° | 1,159 m | 5.9 mi |
| Green Top | WSW 257° | 1,146 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bank Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,128 m | 8.1 mi |
| Billy Cove Knob | W 262° | 1,126 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,121 m | 7.4 mi |
| Hickory Top | W 267° | 1,119 m | 7.5 mi |
| Stradley Mountain | W 267° | 1,119 m | 7.5 mi |
| Double Head | WSW 241° | 1,112 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:42 | 17:22 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bent Creek, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806594
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 6 mi
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