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Butt Mountain

Butt Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Butt Mountain rises to 1,137 m in North Carolina. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the north, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Wooded Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 3.4 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Madison County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31619289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,137 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.90705, -82.48513

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Upper Laurel Community Center Park: 3.3 mi
  • Mars Hill Recreation Park: 7.3 mi
  • Burnsville Town Square: 10.4 mi
  • Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 10.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 60
  • Trillium Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Big Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Falling Water Branch Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Walker Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Lower Higgins Creek Falls: 12.9 mi
Peaks
  • Wooded Mountain: 0.8 mi
  • Sally Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Ed Knob: 1.9 mi
  • High Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Stony Knob: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • Moye Rest: 5.6 mi
  • Otway Burns: 10.4 mi
  • Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 10.4 mi
  • Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.4 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 13.5 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Friends: 10.4 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 10.4 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 10.4 mi
  • Stream: 10.4 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 10.4 mi
Museums: 17
Cliffs: 16
Gardens: 10
  • Mountain Gardens: 15.7 mi
  • Terrace garden: 15.7 mi
  • Camp Celo Gardens: 17.7 mi
  • Griffing Rose Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Elder & Sage Community Garden: 21.8 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Navitat Canopy Adventures: 8.0 mi
  • Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 10.5 mi
  • French Broad Rafting: 14.1 mi
  • Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 20.8 mi
  • Buck Creek Trout Farm: 21.7 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 15.7 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 17.2 mi
  • Overlook Access: 20.9 mi
  • Murray Branch Recreation Area: 21.8 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 22.1 mi
Springs: 5
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 23.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Butt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big BaldN1,674 m5.7 mi
Big StampN1,639 m5.9 mi
Little BaldN1,575 m7.1 mi
Upper Haw KnobN1,492 m3.5 mi
Sampson MountainNNE1,454 m4.3 mi
Elk Wallow KnobN1,452 m2.9 mi
Firescald MountainNNE1,442 m3.3 mi
Sampson PeakNNE1,442 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:42
June solstice06:1520:1220:50
September equinox07:1918:5519:28
December solstice07:3716:4117:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363945546169727065554538
Precip in3.83.53.84.33.94.44.44.34.22.63.03.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnsville AG, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019445 — Butt Mountain, Madison County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357806861

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