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Cedar Mountain

Cedar Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.65041, -81.68593

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Waterfalls: 58
  • 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
Museums: 20
  • 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
Artworks: 19
Historic sites: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • 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
Picnic sites: 2
  • Fox Den: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Peninsula: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Springs: 2
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 17.4 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Community Gardens: 19.3 mi
  • Beall Street Community Gardens: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Raven Cliff: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Icy KnobSW 236°918 m4.7 mi
Hickory KnobSW 231°907 m3.7 mi
Propst MountainWSW 238°905 m4.5 mi
Buzzard RoostSW 235°901 m4.0 mi
Walker TopWSW 255°886 m1.9 mi
Benn KnobSSE 166°882 m6.0 mi
Rainbow MountainSSW 207°874 m3.1 mi
Hickorynut MountainSSW 199°870 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1220:0920:46
September equinox07:1518:5219:25
December solstice07:3316:3817:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394249586673777569594841
Precip in4.33.74.44.34.14.84.44.84.63.83.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357806943

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