Couch Mountain
Couch Mountain rises to 1,013 m in North Carolina. Bearwallow Mountain stands 1,281 m to the east-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Ward Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31621511, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,013 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 8.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 7 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 8 mi
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 9 mi
- French Broad Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ward Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Burge Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Cunningham Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 1.3 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 4.6 mi
- Turley Falls: 7.0 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 7.1 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 7.7 mi
- Oleta Falls: 8.2 mi
- Fletcher Park: 2.5 mi
- Berkeley Mills Park: 4.2 mi
- Westfeldt River Park: 4.8 mi
- Patton Park: 5.4 mi
- Mills River Park: 5.4 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 3.6 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 6.6 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 7.8 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 12.6 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 13.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.4 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 10.2 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.3 mi
- Spring Garden: 10.3 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 4.6 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 6.4 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 7.3 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 13.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 13.8 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 4.4 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 5.6 mi
- Southern X793: 6.2 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 6.4 mi
- Historical Downtown: 6.5 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 6.2 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 7.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 9.4 mi
- High Rocks: 10.2 mi
- The Pinnacles: 10.4 mi
- Statue of Diana: 10.3 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 13.0 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 13.1 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 13.1 mi
- Wake: 13.5 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 6.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 15.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 7.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 7.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 22.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 23.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 16.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 4.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 4.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 10.7 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Couch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearwallow Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,281 m | 6.7 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,208 m | 7.3 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | NE 46° | 1,152 m | 6.8 mi |
| Turkey Knob | ENE 61° | 1,136 m | 6.0 mi |
| Bank Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,128 m | 3.4 mi |
| Ferguson Peak | NE 45° | 1,101 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bald Top Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,086 m | 3.8 mi |
| Hightop Mountain | ENE 65° | 1,082 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:42 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019802 — Couch Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807078
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 13 mi
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