Buttermilk Mountain
Buttermilk Mountain rises to 914 m in North Carolina. Little Bald Mountain stands 1,611 m to the west-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hammett Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31619315, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 914 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.9 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 6.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 11.0 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Hammett Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Buck Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Big Knob: 1.4 mi
- Queen Creek Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Davie Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Johnny Tiller Falls: 2.4 mi
- Slate Rock Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- Sitton Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- High Falls: 4.5 mi
- Billy Branch Falls: 4.6 mi
- Etowah Park: 5.6 mi
- Mills River Park: 6.1 mi
- Etowah School Road Stream Access: 6.6 mi
- UNCA Kellogg Center: 6.9 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 7.0 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 6.1 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 6.3 mi
- Camp John Rock: 9.6 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 9.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 11.6 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 9.0 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 9.1 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 9.2 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 9.2 mi
- Forest Meadow: 9.2 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 8.2 mi
- High Rocks: 10.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 12.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 13.1 mi
- Dunns Rock: 13.5 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 6.7 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 7.2 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 8.1 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 9.1 mi
- M1: 10.5 mi
- Statue of Diana: 13.2 mi
- Berm Park: 13.9 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 15.1 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 15.2 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 15.2 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 7.0 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 8.3 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 10.4 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 11.6 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 13.3 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 12.1 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 12.9 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 14.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 6.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 10.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 11.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 23.7 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 24.8 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 8.0 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 24.5 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 8.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Buttermilk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Bald Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,611 m | 5.7 mi |
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NW 307° | 1,611 m | 6.2 mi |
| Big Bald | WNW 288° | 1,588 m | 6.3 mi |
| Candler Knob | NW 315° | 1,381 m | 6.1 mi |
| Stony Bald | NW 321° | 1,363 m | 6.1 mi |
| Johnson Knob | NW 308° | 1,337 m | 4.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 237° | 1,307 m | 5.2 mi |
| Funneltop Mountain | W 272° | 1,288 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville 13 S, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019447 — Buttermilk Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357806864
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- Asheville · 16 mi
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