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Burkemont Mountain

Burkemont Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.65235, -81.70704

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Waterfalls: 60
  • 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
Museums: 20
  • 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
Artworks: 19
Historic sites: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Observation Deck: 16.9 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
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Fox Den: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Peninsula: 12.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 16.5 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Community Gardens: 19.7 mi
  • Beall Street Community Gardens: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Raven Cliff: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Icy KnobSW 224°918 m3.8 mi
Hickory KnobSW 215°907 m3.0 mi
Propst MountainSW 226°905 m3.6 mi
Buzzard RoostSW 220°901 m3.2 mi
Walker TopSW 226°886 m0.9 mi
Benn KnobSSE 156°882 m6.6 mi
Rainbow MountainS 184°874 m2.9 mi
Hickorynut MountainS 178°870 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1220:0920:47
September equinox07:1518:5219:25
December solstice07:3316:3817:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394249586673777569594841
Precip in4.33.74.44.34.14.84.44.84.63.83.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357769539

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