Cisco Mountain
Cisco Mountain rises to 948 m in North Carolina. Lane Pinnacle stands 1,583 m to the northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Piney Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31620842, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 948 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 8.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 11.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Louise Falls: 6.3 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cascades Falls: 10.9 mi
- Douglas Falls: 11.1 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 13.6 mi
- Piney Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Sunset Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Beaucatcher Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Rich Knob: 1.2 mi
- Patton Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Charlie L. Bullman Park: 0.9 mi
- Masters Park: 1.2 mi
- Haw Creek Park: 1.4 mi
- Albermarle Park: 1.5 mi
- Sunset Park: 1.5 mi
- Overlook Castle: 1.0 mi
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Jeter C. Pritchard Historical Marker: 2.1 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 2.1 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 2.2 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 4.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Italian Garden: 5.1 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 2.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 2.1 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 2.2 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 2.3 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 2.4 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 2.3 mi
- Deco Gecko: 2.3 mi
- Passage: 2.5 mi
- Wake: 2.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 2.6 mi
- Ironland: 2.3 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 2.8 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 5.1 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 5.2 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 11.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 10.8 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 11.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 8.0 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.4 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 19.8 mi
- The Pinnacles: 19.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 11.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 15.3 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 15.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.5 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.9 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 17.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 19.0 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 22.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 10.7 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Cisco Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lane Pinnacle | NE 47° | 1,583 m | 7.3 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | NE 43° | 1,493 m | 6.9 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NE 42° | 1,433 m | 5.8 mi |
| Richland Mountain | NE 36° | 1,429 m | 6.3 mi |
| Richland Knob | NE 36° | 1,429 m | 6.3 mi |
| Courthouse Knob | NNE 31° | 1,322 m | 6.5 mi |
| High Swan | NE 44° | 1,300 m | 5.2 mi |
| High Hickory Knob | ESE 108° | 1,231 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:42 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019678 — Cisco Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807023
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