Dicks Mountain
Dicks Mountain rises to 470 m in North Carolina. Shumont Mountain stands 1,156 m to the west-southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Medford Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 7.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31622485, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 470 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 10.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.9 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 15.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 9 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 9 mi
- Opera Box · 9 mi
- Devil's Head · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Medford Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Brushy Top: 1.1 mi
- Oak Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Roan Horse Top: 2.0 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 3.1 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 9.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 9.1 mi
- Broad River Falls: 9.4 mi
- Catawba Falls: 9.6 mi
- Waterfall Park: 3.1 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 5.6 mi
- Dittmer-Watts Nature Trail Park: 8.3 mi
- Morse Park: 8.4 mi
- Lindley Park: 8.7 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 8.7 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 8.8 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 13.2 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 13.7 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 13.7 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.6 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 8.8 mi
- Historic Carson House: 12.6 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 13.0 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 7.2 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 8.7 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 9.2 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 16.3 mi
- Caboose: 18.9 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 21.7 mi
- Terrace garden: 23.1 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 23.2 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 8.0 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 15.8 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 17.1 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 20.8 mi
- Worlds Edge: 11.3 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 11.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 13.9 mi
- Globe: 16.0 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 21.4 mi
- Orange Bear: 23.3 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 24.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 10.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 10.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 10.3 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 24.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 15.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 15.9 mi
- Lenox Spring: 24.5 mi
- Gully Pipe: 25.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 19.4 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 20.8 mi
- Boat beach: 21.0 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Dicks Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shumont Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,156 m | 7.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | WNW 285° | 1,049 m | 6.2 mi |
| Cross Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,044 m | 8.3 mi |
| Weed Patch Mountain | W 259° | 1,039 m | 6.3 mi |
| Cedar Knob | WSW 244° | 1,021 m | 8.5 mi |
| Stone Mountain | W 272° | 998 m | 6.6 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | WSW 248° | 993 m | 8.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | WSW 255° | 987 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357771570
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 25 mi
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