Corn Mountain
Corn Mountain rises to 805 m in North Carolina. The Pinnacle stands 1,148 m to the south, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Rock, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31621430, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 805 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 9.5 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 10.1 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 12 mi
- Sliding Rock Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Bad Fork Valley Overlook (MP 399.7) · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Rock: 0.0 mi
- Blackjack Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Evans Mountain: 1.1 mi
- The Pinnacle: 1.5 mi
- Horsepen Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Lake Falls: 3.6 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 4.5 mi
- Turley Falls: 5.0 mi
- Etowah School Road Stream Access: 3.9 mi
- Jump Off Rock Park: 4.3 mi
- Etowah Park: 4.9 mi
- Rhododendron Lake Nature Park: 5.0 mi
- Laurel Green Park: 5.3 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 6.1 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 6.2 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 7.8 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 8.2 mi
- Trestle ruins: 11.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 6.3 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 11.6 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 17.2 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 17.3 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 17.3 mi
- Statue of Diana: 19.9 mi
- Springtime in TR: 20.7 mi
- Maria: 21.1 mi
- Honey: 21.2 mi
- Orange Bear: 21.6 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 6.3 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 6.9 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 7.6 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 10.7 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 11.3 mi
- High Rocks: 1.7 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 4.3 mi
- Long Rock: 5.1 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 8.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 11.2 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 3.5 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 5.4 mi
- Historical Downtown: 6.3 mi
- Southern X793: 6.6 mi
- M1: 11.1 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 7.2 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 16.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 4.9 mi
- Lenox Spring: 5.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 22.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.6 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Corn Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pinnacle | S 184° | 1,148 m | 1.5 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SW 223° | 1,098 m | 2.8 mi |
| Snaggy Mountain | SE 144° | 1,027 m | 1.9 mi |
| Rich Mountain | SE 140° | 1,002 m | 2.4 mi |
| Jeter Mountain | WNW 290° | 998 m | 2.3 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | SSW 207° | 997 m | 4.4 mi |
| Grassy Top Mountain | S 174° | 993 m | 6.7 mi |
| Ann Mountain | ESE 110° | 990 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
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 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pisgah Forest 3 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019790 — Corn Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807071
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- Asheville · 23 mi
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