Burkemont Mountain
Burkemont Mountain rises to 780 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the southwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Kaylor Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31424051, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 780 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 12.9 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 21 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 22 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 23 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Mountains State Park - Clear Creek Access: 2.6 mi
- Shuey Park: 5.6 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 5.6 mi
- Drexel Heritage Park: 5.7 mi
- Carbon City Park: 5.8 mi
- Kaylor Knob: 0.6 mi
- Roper Knob: 0.8 mi
- Walker Top: 0.9 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Keller Knob: 1.5 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 3.5 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 5.2 mi
- Black Mountain Falls: 5.4 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 5.5 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 6.3 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 6.4 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 6.5 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 10.2 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 17.1 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 13.3 mi
- Four Trumpets: 20.0 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 20.1 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 20.3 mi
- Across the Grain: 20.3 mi
- Something Rotten: 12.6 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 12.6 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 12.6 mi
- Wild Percussion: 12.7 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 12.7 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 6.7 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 6.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 17.1 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 19.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 17.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 17.5 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 21.4 mi
- Swimming beach: 11.7 mi
- Boat beach: 11.8 mi
- Fox Den: 12.0 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 12.3 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 16.5 mi
- Gully Pipe: 16.5 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 20.3 mi
- Raven Cliff: 21.4 mi
- Mortimer: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Burkemont Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | SW 224° | 918 m | 3.8 mi |
| Hickory Knob | SW 215° | 907 m | 3.0 mi |
| Propst Mountain | SW 226° | 905 m | 3.6 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SW 220° | 901 m | 3.2 mi |
| Walker Top | SW 226° | 886 m | 0.9 mi |
| Benn Knob | SSE 156° | 882 m | 6.6 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | S 184° | 874 m | 2.9 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | S 178° | 870 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357769539
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 22 mi
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