Peak · North Carolina
Burntshirt Mountain
Burntshirt Mountain rises to 1,061 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the north, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Florence Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Drovers Road passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31619198, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,061 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.48067, -82.33049
- 0.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 2.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 10.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.7 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 1 mi
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Exclamation Point · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Waterfalls
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 1.0 mi
- Tom's Falls: 1.3 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 2.3 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 2.8 mi
- Broad River Falls: 2.9 mi
Parks
- The Gathering Place: 5.3 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 5.5 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 5.9 mi
- Edneyville Community Park: 6.4 mi
- Morse Park: 6.5 mi
Peaks
- High Top: 1.0 mi
- Little Pisgah Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Bearwallow Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Grant Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Tater Knob: 1.6 mi
Historic sites: 35
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 1.5 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 6.0 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 10.2 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 13.2 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 13.8 mi
Gardens: 24
- Columbarium Garden: 7.4 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Spring Garden: 13.0 mi
- Azalea Garden: 13.0 mi
Museums: 22
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 9.4 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 13.1 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 13.2 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 13.2 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 13.4 mi
Attractions: 17
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 6.0 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 9.8 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 11.9 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 13.0 mi
- Southern X793: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 15
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 8.2 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 12.5 mi
- Statue of Diana: 12.9 mi
- Wake: 14.6 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Raven Cliffs: 5.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- The Pinnacles: 6.5 mi
- Worlds Edge: 7.2 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 8.9 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Florence Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 9.1 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 12.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 13.9 mi
Springs: 5
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 7.6 mi
- Lenox Spring: 14.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 15.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 20.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 20.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 23.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Burntshirt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | N 355° | 1,341 m | 1.4 mi |
| Jesses High Top | NNW 348° | 1,326 m | 6.8 mi |
| High Windy | N 356° | 1,321 m | 6.2 mi |
| Black Knob | N 352° | 1,291 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | SW 227° | 1,281 m | 2.0 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NNE 28° | 1,225 m | 2.0 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | SW 219° | 1,208 m | 1.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 146° | 1,208 m | 6.2 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 | 17:21 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806850
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