Cedar Mountain
Cedar Mountain rises to 652 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Cedar Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 9.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Burke County, North Carolina, United States
Wikidata Q31424128, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 652 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 13.5 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 23.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.8 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 21 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 23 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 24 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Cedar Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Burkemont Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Keller Knob: 1.2 mi
- Hipp Knob: 1.3 mi
- Jimmy Knob: 1.6 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Clear Creek Access: 3.8 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 4.6 mi
- Drexel Heritage Park: 5.8 mi
- Shuey Park: 5.9 mi
- Carbon City Park: 6.4 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 4.2 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Little River Falls: 4.5 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 4.6 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 4.8 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 6.3 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 6.4 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 6.6 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 9.4 mi
- Hudson Depot Museum: 17.3 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 14.2 mi
- Four Trumpets: 19.6 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 19.7 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 19.9 mi
- Across the Grain: 19.9 mi
- Something Rotten: 13.7 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 13.7 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 13.7 mi
- Wild Percussion: 13.8 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 13.8 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 6.7 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 6.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 18.3 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 20.2 mi
- Observation Deck: 15.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 18.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.7 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 22.0 mi
- Fox Den: 11.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 11.5 mi
- Swimming beach: 12.8 mi
- Boat beach: 12.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 17.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 17.4 mi
- Community Gardens: 19.3 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 20.0 mi
- Raven Cliff: 21.9 mi
- Mortimer: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Cedar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | SW 236° | 918 m | 4.7 mi |
| Hickory Knob | SW 231° | 907 m | 3.7 mi |
| Propst Mountain | WSW 238° | 905 m | 4.5 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SW 235° | 901 m | 4.0 mi |
| Walker Top | WSW 255° | 886 m | 1.9 mi |
| Benn Knob | SSE 166° | 882 m | 6.0 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | SSW 207° | 874 m | 3.1 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | SSW 199° | 870 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806943
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 21 mi
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