Coxcomb Mountain
Coxcomb Mountain rises to 1,655 m in North Carolina. Cattail Peak stands 1,986 m to the east-southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Tharp Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31621740, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1655 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 5.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.6 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 14.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Tharp Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 0.9 mi
- Ogle Ridge: 0.9 mi
- Ivy Knob: 1.2 mi
- Bailey Cabin Knob: 1.5 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 3.9 mi
- Walker Falls: 4.4 mi
- Mitchell Falls: 5.9 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 6.2 mi
- Douglas Falls: 6.7 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 8.0 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 8.4 mi
- Lincoln Park: 8.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Toe River Campground: 10.3 mi
- Otway Burns: 8.0 mi
- Yancey County Veterans Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.0 mi
- Tennis Court: 11.3 mi
- Spring House: 11.3 mi
- Friends: 8.0 mi
- Stream: 8.0 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 8.0 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 8.0 mi
- Rock Bridge: 8.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 7.0 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 8.0 mi
- McElroy House: 8.0 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 9.9 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 14.0 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 8.8 mi
- Terrace garden: 8.9 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 10.4 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 16.0 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 11.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 22.3 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 23.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 4.0 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 5.1 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 13.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 17.0 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 17.8 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 9.6 mi
- Rocky Knob: 9.7 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 16.4 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 16.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 9.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 10.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 16.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 7.0 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
- Lost Cove: 17.5 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Coxcomb Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cattail Peak | ESE 102° | 1,986 m | 6.7 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | SSE 150° | 1,910 m | 6.3 mi |
| Deer Mountain | E 91° | 1,852 m | 6.7 mi |
| Big Butt | SE 145° | 1,807 m | 2.7 mi |
| Point Misery | SSE 149° | 1,736 m | 4.0 mi |
| Flat Spring Knob | SE 135° | 1,728 m | 2.5 mi |
| Little Butt | SSE 150° | 1,708 m | 3.4 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | SE 129° | 1,683 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357801365
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