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Bull Mountain

Bull Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bull Mountain rises to 758 m in North Carolina. Lane Pinnacle stands 1,583 m to the north-northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Charlie L. Bullman Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31618909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
758 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.59622, -82.49151

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charlie L. Bullman Park: 0.7 mi
  • Haw Creek Park: 0.8 mi
  • Anne Patton Joyce Park: 0.9 mi
  • Asheville Recreation Park: 1.1 mi
  • Masters Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Lake Louise Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Reems Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Cascades Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Douglas Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Little Bearwallow Falls: 12.3 mi
Historic sites: 34
Gardens: 29
  • Elder & Sage Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Griffing Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Shiloh Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Italian Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Shrub Garden: 5.2 mi
Artworks: 20
Museums: 20
  • Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 3.3 mi
  • Asheville Art Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Bob Moog Foundation: 3.4 mi
  • Asheville Museum of Science: 3.5 mi
  • Asheville Pinball Museum: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 17
Nature reserves: 10
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 17.4 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 19.4 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 10.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 16.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Bull Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lane PinnacleNNE 34°1,583 m7.1 mi
Rich KnobNNE 25°1,500 m6.3 mi
Wolfden KnobNNE 29°1,493 m6.8 mi
Bull MountainNNE 28°1,473 m6.5 mi
Rocky KnobNNE 25°1,433 m5.8 mi
Richland MountainNNE 21°1,429 m6.4 mi
Richland KnobNNE 21°1,429 m6.4 mi
Courthouse KnobNNE 17°1,322 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0819:42
June solstice06:1520:1220:50
September equinox07:1918:5519:28
December solstice07:3616:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384248576572757468584841
Precip in3.32.93.53.73.53.44.13.63.72.63.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357806817

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