Butler Mountain
Butler Mountain rises to 818 m in North Carolina. Ann Mountain stands 990 m to the west-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hetherly Height, a peak 0.5 miles away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31619249, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 818 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 2.4 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 12.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 15 mi
- Exclamation Point · 17 mi
- Devil's Head · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bell Park Falls: 1.0 mi
- Powerhouse Falls: 1.7 mi
- Leland Falls: 2.5 mi
- Pacolet Falls: 2.5 mi
- Edge of the World Falls: 3.5 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 1.8 mi
- McCreery Park: 2.9 mi
- The Park at Flat Rock: 5.2 mi
- Les Mullinax Park: 6.7 mi
- Gatewate Park: 7.0 mi
- Hetherly Height: 0.5 mi
- Smoke Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Mountain Page: 2.0 mi
- Evans Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Walnut Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 2.6 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 2.7 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 3.1 mi
- Chestnut Spring Pool: 6.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Forest Clubhouse: 6.7 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 5.2 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Asia Garden: 20.3 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 20.6 mi
- Orange Bear: 13.3 mi
- Maria: 14.3 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 16.6 mi
- Springtime in TR: 18.0 mi
- Honey: 18.6 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 6.9 mi
- Historical Downtown: 7.5 mi
- Southern X793: 7.6 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 9.3 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 11.9 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 2.9 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 6.2 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 7.5 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 9.0 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 11.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Glassy Rock: 6.8 mi
- High Rocks: 8.0 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 9.8 mi
- Long Rock: 9.8 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 6.9 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 17.8 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.0 mi
- Pavilion 2: 24.5 mi
- Lenox Spring: 7.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.3 mi
- Chick Springs: 21.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Butler Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Mountain | WNW 282° | 990 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hammond Mountain | W 277° | 963 m | 5.4 mi |
| Rush Mountain | WNW 287° | 943 m | 4.1 mi |
| Big Top | SW 235° | 929 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mackerel Mountain | WSW 238° | 926 m | 6.0 mi |
| Corbin Mountain | SSW 210° | 924 m | 4.2 mi |
| Rich Mountain | SE 143° | 922 m | 5.7 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | SSE 153° | 921 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hendersonville 1 NE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806857
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- Asheville · 26 mi
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