Crescent Hill
Crescent Hill rises to 755 m in North Carolina. Big Cedar Mountain stands 1,159 m to the north-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Dixie Highway Monument, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31621811, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 755 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 11.3 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 10.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- French Broad Overlook · 5 mi
- French Broad River Overlook · 5 mi
- Sleepy Gap Parking · 6 mi
- Chestnut Cove Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jake Rusher Park: 1.1 mi
- Corcoran Paige River Park: 1.7 mi
- Lake Julian Park: 2.0 mi
- Fletcher Park: 2.2 mi
- Westfeldt River Park: 2.8 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Weston Knob: 2.6 mi
- Blake Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Britton Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Edneyville 5: 3.0 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 8.1 mi
- Turley Falls: 9.3 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 10.0 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 10.0 mi
- Johnny Tiller Falls: 10.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 1.1 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 8.8 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 9.3 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 9.5 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 9.8 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 5.6 mi
- Forest Meadow: 5.8 mi
- Rhododendron Collection: 5.8 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 5.9 mi
- Miniature Railroad: 5.9 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 6.8 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 9.7 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 9.8 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 9.8 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 9.9 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 2.2 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 2.7 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 6.7 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 7.8 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 9.2 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 10.7 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 12.4 mi
- Statue of Diana: 6.0 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 8.7 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 8.8 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 8.8 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 8.8 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 3.1 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 9.9 mi
- High Rocks: 12.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- The Pinnacles: 14.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 10.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 10.6 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 22.0 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 22.1 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 13.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 2.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 2.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 6.4 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 12.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Crescent Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Cedar Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,159 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bank Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,128 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | W 266° | 1,121 m | 7.2 mi |
| Double Head | W 263° | 1,112 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cold Knob | W 269° | 1,096 m | 7.7 mi |
| Butler Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,086 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bald Top Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,086 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hightop Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,082 m | 5.4 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 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1019856 — Crescent Hill, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807123
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- Asheville · 9 mi
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