Bullhead Mountain
Bullhead Mountain rises to 1,798 m in North Carolina. Clingmans Peak stands 1,981 m to the east-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascades Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31424041, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1798 m
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.1 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 12.5 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) · 1 mi
- Craggy Dome Overlook (MP 364.1) · 1 mi
- Craggy Pinnacle Summit · 1 mi
- Lower Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Craggy Dome: 0.9 mi
- Locust Knob: 0.9 mi
- Craggy Pinnacle: 1.4 mi
- Little Craggy Knob: 1.6 mi
- Spruce Pinnacle: 1.8 mi
- Welsh Field: 5.9 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 6.8 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 6.9 mi
- Town Square: 7.1 mi
- Youth Center Park: 7.1 mi
- Cascades Falls: 0.8 mi
- Douglas Falls: 1.0 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 2.0 mi
- Walker Falls: 2.7 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 5.0 mi
- Spring House: 6.4 mi
- Tennis Court: 6.4 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 6.4 mi
- Potato House: 6.4 mi
- Tool Shed: 6.4 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 9.0 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 11.5 mi
- Terrace garden: 11.5 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 12.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 8.2 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 9.2 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 13.9 mi
- Deco Gecko: 13.9 mi
- Passage: 14.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 6.2 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 7.2 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 11.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 11.7 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 11.7 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 5.1 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 7.2 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 11.7 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 11.8 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 13.7 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 1.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 2.6 mi
- Rocky Knob: 4.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 12.5 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 16.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.1 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- The Pinnacles: 22.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 19.8 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 4.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 5.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 9.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 6.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 21.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 22.1 mi
- Lost Cove: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Bullhead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clingmans Peak | ENE 72° | 1,981 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | ENE 69° | 1,971 m | 4.3 mi |
| Potato Knob | ENE 76° | 1,946 m | 3.9 mi |
| Hallback | ENE 64° | 1,923 m | 5.1 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | NE 56° | 1,910 m | 2.7 mi |
| Craggy Dome | SSW 214° | 1,853 m | 0.9 mi |
| Patton Knob | ENE 70° | 1,828 m | 3.2 mi |
| Big Butt | N 8° | 1,807 m | 4.9 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 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806824
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- Asheville · 15 mi
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