Cane Creek Mountain
Cane Creek Mountain rises to 830 m in North Carolina. Bearwallow Mountain stands 1,281 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pool Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31619667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 830 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 4.3 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.3 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 2 mi
- Opera Box · 2 mi
- Devil's Head · 2 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pool Creek Falls: 0.6 mi
- Upper Pool Creek Falls: 0.6 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 1.7 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 2.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Chimney Rock: 2.2 mi
- Wildcat Spur: 2.2 mi
- Stony Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 2.2 mi
- Morse Park: 2.3 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 2.4 mi
- The Gathering Place: 2.7 mi
- Dittmer-Watts Nature Trail Park: 2.7 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 5.8 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 8.9 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 10.6 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 10.7 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 13.9 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 13.6 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 14.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 15.0 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 19.1 mi
- Spring Garden: 19.8 mi
- House of Flags: 10.7 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 10.8 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 12.9 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 13.0 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 13.4 mi
- Globe: 12.6 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 14.7 mi
- Orange Bear: 15.9 mi
- Statue of Diana: 19.8 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 20.0 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 1.9 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 4.0 mi
- Southern X793: 13.5 mi
- Historical Downtown: 13.8 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 15.8 mi
- Worlds Edge: 1.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 1.8 mi
- The Pinnacles: 1.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 3.0 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 2.9 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 12.7 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 20.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.5 mi
- Lenox Spring: 14.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 15.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 20.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 21.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 20.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 20.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 22.5 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Cane Creek Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearwallow Mountain | WNW 301° | 1,281 m | 7.8 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NNW 329° | 1,225 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 279° | 1,208 m | 1.7 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | NW 306° | 1,208 m | 7.4 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | N 357° | 1,156 m | 4.5 mi |
| Turkey Knob | WNW 296° | 1,136 m | 7.8 mi |
| Miller Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,095 m | 7.8 mi |
| Burntshirt Mountain | NW 316° | 1,061 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 982600 — Cane Creek Mountain, Polk County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357769789
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 22 mi
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