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. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31424041, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,798 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
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
- Town Square: 7.1 mi
- Youth Center Park: 7.1 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 7.3 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
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 12.0 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 25 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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