Burt Mountain
Burt Mountain rises to 1,013 m in North Carolina. Big Butt stands 1,807 m to the east, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Snowball Lookout Tower, a attraction 1.1 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31619210, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1013 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 5.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 13.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Ingraham Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Carson Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 1.7 mi
- Razor Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cedar Cliff Knob: 2.2 mi
- Walker Falls: 4.5 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.0 mi
- Cascades Falls: 5.5 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 6.3 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 7.2 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 7.8 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 7.8 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 9.1 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 9.2 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 9.9 mi
- Tennis Court: 7.6 mi
- Spring House: 7.6 mi
- Tool Shed: 7.6 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 7.6 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 12.2 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 12.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 12.7 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 14.0 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 11.1 mi
- Friends: 12.1 mi
- Stream: 12.1 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 12.1 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 12.1 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 7.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 9.3 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 9.8 mi
- McElroy House: 12.1 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 12.1 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 1.1 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 1.5 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 13.7 mi
- Ironland: 14.4 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 15.8 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 4.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 9.8 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 12.2 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 13.5 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 19.7 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 22.8 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 23.1 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 23.4 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 10.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 10.6 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 25.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 9.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 12.8 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 23.2 mi
- Lost Cove: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Burt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Butt | E 82° | 1,807 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | SE 136° | 1,798 m | 5.8 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | SSE 150° | 1,780 m | 5.9 mi |
| Point Misery | E 96° | 1,736 m | 5.3 mi |
| Flat Spring Knob | ENE 78° | 1,728 m | 5.0 mi |
| Little Butt | E 91° | 1,708 m | 4.9 mi |
| Locust Knob | SE 127° | 1,671 m | 5.6 mi |
| Walker Knob | ESE 111° | 1,665 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019434 — Burt Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806853
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- Asheville · 15 mi
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