Bluerock Mountain
Bluerock Mountain rises to 877 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Rich Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Bluerock Mountain is a mountain in Western North Carolina, near the community of Bat Cave. It is split between Henderson and Rutherford counties, it is home of the Bat Cave Preserve and part of Chimney Rock State Park. Its elevation reaches 2,835 feet (864 m). The mountain is flanked by the Broad River to its north and Reedypatch Creek to its west. To its south is Rich Mountain and to the east is Chimney Rock Mountain. Paris Gap is the gap between it and Bald Mountain, it connects the community of Bat Cave and the town of Chimney Rock via Lake Lure Highway (US 64/US 74A/NC 9).
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Wikidata Q4930426, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 877 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 1.1 mi off the Drovers Road
- 14.1 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 14.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Exclamation Point · 2 mi
- Devil's Head · 2 mi
- Opera Box · 2 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rich Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Little Fork Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Stony Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 1.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.5 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 1.9 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 2.7 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 1.5 mi
- The Gathering Place: 1.7 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 2.1 mi
- Morse Park: 2.8 mi
- Edneyville Community Park: 5.1 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 4.6 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 5.6 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 12.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 13.4 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 13.6 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 10.9 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 13.5 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- Spring Garden: 16.8 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 12.6 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 12.7 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 13.2 mi
- House of Flags: 13.6 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 13.7 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 2.1 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 6.1 mi
- Southern X793: 12.9 mi
- Historical Downtown: 13.3 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 14.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 11.7 mi
- Globe: 15.8 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 16.7 mi
- Statue of Diana: 16.7 mi
- Wake: 18.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 1.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 2.4 mi
- The Pinnacles: 2.6 mi
- Worlds Edge: 3.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 12.5 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 5.2 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 12.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 17.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.6 mi
- Lenox Spring: 14.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 18.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 18.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 14.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 20.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 20.2 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 22.8 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Bluerock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NW 325° | 1,341 m | 5.3 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,281 m | 4.7 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NNW 337° | 1,225 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,208 m | 2.2 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | WNW 296° | 1,208 m | 4.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,160 m | 5.2 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | NE 43° | 1,156 m | 2.9 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | WNW 298° | 1,152 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806615
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 18 mi
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