Coal Pit Mountain
Coal Pit Mountain rises to 535 m in North Carolina. Silver Creek Knob stands 861 m to the east, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31620927, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 535 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 14.1 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 19.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 19.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Singecat Ridge Overlook (MP 345.3) · 20 mi
- Laurel Knob Overlook (MP 349.2) · 20 mi
- Hewat Overlook (MP 347.9) · 20 mi
- Curtis Creek Overlook (348.8) · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glenwood Park: 4.6 mi
- Volleyball: 8.0 mi
- Activity Field: 8.0 mi
- Amphitheater: 8.0 mi
- Campfire: 8.2 mi
- Somey Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Resurrection Falls: 6.3 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 9.6 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Lookadoo Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Marks Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Camel Knob: 2.5 mi
- Conoway Knob: 2.5 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 9.7 mi
- Historic Carson House: 11.9 mi
- Bechtler House: 13.7 mi
- KidSenses Children's INTERACTIVE Museum: 14.0 mi
- Bostic Lincoln Center: 14.8 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 13.0 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 13.0 mi
- Something Rotten: 13.0 mi
- Wild Percussion: 13.0 mi
- Hide & Seek: 13.0 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 9.8 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 12.2 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 15.2 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 15.8 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 17.5 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 15.5 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 17.8 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 18.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 22.9 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 24.8 mi
- Gully Pipe: 18.3 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 18.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 22.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 22.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 22.5 mi
- Worlds Edge: 22.6 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 23.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 23.2 mi
- The Pinnacles: 23.4 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 24.2 mi
- Fox Den: 24.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 24.9 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 7.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 7.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 7.9 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 16.1 mi
- Globe: 21.3 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 24.2 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 23.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 24.0 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 24.1 mi
- Swimming beach: 12.8 mi
- Boat beach: 12.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Coal Pit Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek Knob | E 80° | 861 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | WSW 252° | 762 m | 7.7 mi |
| Rich Mountain | WSW 252° | 755 m | 7.3 mi |
| Harris Mountain | WSW 246° | 751 m | 7.9 mi |
| Shoal Mountain | E 90° | 724 m | 5.7 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | WSW 253° | 716 m | 6.5 mi |
| Devils Fork Mountain | E 88° | 714 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mike Mountain | WSW 245° | 699 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:40 | 17:19 |
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 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marion, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807033
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