Byers Mountain
Byers Mountain rises to 793 m in North Carolina. Bearwallow Mountain stands 1,281 m to the east-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cunningham Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31619462, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 793 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 7.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 8.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 9 mi
- French Broad Overlook · 9 mi
- French Broad River Overlook · 9 mi
- Chestnut Cove Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Turley Falls: 6.2 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 8.6 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 9.1 mi
- Oleta Falls: 9.3 mi
- Cunningham Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Burge Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Couch Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Ward Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 2.6 mi
- Fletcher Park: 1.8 mi
- Westfeldt River Park: 3.5 mi
- Berkeley Mills Park: 4.0 mi
- Mills River Park: 4.0 mi
- Corcoran Paige River Park: 4.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 2.8 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 8.0 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 9.0 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 11.3 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 13.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.6 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 9.2 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 9.4 mi
- Rhododendron Collection: 9.4 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 9.4 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 3.7 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 6.4 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 7.5 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 13.5 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 13.6 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 3.1 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 4.3 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 5.8 mi
- Southern X793: 6.2 mi
- Historical Downtown: 6.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 6.1 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 6.9 mi
- High Rocks: 9.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- The Pinnacles: 11.8 mi
- Statue of Diana: 9.9 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 12.6 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 12.6 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 12.7 mi
- Wake: 13.1 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 6.8 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 16.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 6.6 mi
- Lenox Spring: 6.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 16.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 23.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 23.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 15.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 2.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 3.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 9.6 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 14.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Byers Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearwallow Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,281 m | 8.0 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | NE 53° | 1,152 m | 8.0 mi |
| Turkey Knob | ENE 65° | 1,136 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bank Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,128 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bald Top Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,086 m | 5.2 mi |
| Hightop Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,082 m | 3.0 mi |
| Busbee Mountain | N 351° | 1,063 m | 8.0 mi |
| Rich Mountain | E 88° | 1,048 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:42 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806878
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 13 mi
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