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Doublehead Mountain

Doublehead Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Doublehead Mountain rises to 540 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Noah Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31424412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
540 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.61902, -81.56620

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • South Mountains State Park: 2.5 mi
  • George Hildebeand Community Park: 3.4 mi
  • South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 3.7 mi
  • Methodist Park: 6.5 mi
  • Casar Park: 7.9 mi
Museums: 24
  • Waldensian Heritage Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 10.7 mi
  • History Museum of Burke County: 11.0 mi
  • Historic Burke County Courthouse: 11.1 mi
  • Hickory Aviation Museum: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Little River Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Big Bear Falls: 4.2 mi
  • High Shoals Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Upper High Shoals Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Beautimos Falls: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 19
Attractions: 13
Historic sites: 10
  • Historic Town Limits: 11.0 mi
  • Historic Town Limit: 11.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
  • Old Hickory Tavern: 14.9 mi
  • Catawba County War Memorial: 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Fox Den: 10.6 mi
  • Picnic Peninsula: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Community Gardens: 19.9 mi
  • Beall Street Community Gardens: 20.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 23.8 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Observation Deck: 9.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Doublehead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Icy KnobW 268°918 m10.6 mi
Hickory KnobW 269°907 m9.6 mi
Propst MountainW 269°905 m10.5 mi
Buzzard RoostW 269°901 m10.0 mi
Walker TopW 281°886 m8.8 mi
Benn KnobSW 235°882 m6.5 mi
Rainbow MountainW 266°874 m8.2 mi
Hickorynut MountainW 262°870 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:38
June solstice06:1220:0820:46
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3316:3817:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394248576674777570594741
Precip in4.23.54.54.44.15.04.64.44.33.53.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vale AG 2 SW, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357807219

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