Peak · North Carolina
Face Rock
Face Rock rises to 1,042 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the northeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Ridge Pastures, a peak 1.1 miles away. Drovers Road passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31623509, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1042 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.46956, -82.38734
- 2.0 mi off the Drovers Road
- 5.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 8.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 3 mi
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 4 mi
- Exclamation Point · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Blue Ridge Pastures: 1.1 mi
- Barnhill Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Ferguson Peak: 1.7 mi
- Bearwallow Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Turkey Knob: 1.8 mi
Waterfalls
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 2.7 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 3.1 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 3.1 mi
- Tom's Falls: 4.6 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 5.8 mi
Parks
- Edneyville Community Park: 6.1 mi
- Fletcher Park: 6.5 mi
- Jake Rusher Park: 7.3 mi
- Ballantree neighborhood park: 7.8 mi
- The Gathering Place: 8.0 mi
Historic sites: 37
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 2.2 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 5.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 6.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 11.5 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 12.5 mi
Gardens: 25
- Columbarium Garden: 8.6 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 9.9 mi
- Spring Garden: 10.3 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.3 mi
Museums: 21
- Historic Johnson Farm: 10.3 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 10.8 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 11.3 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 11.6 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 12.6 mi
Attractions: 18
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 8.6 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 8.7 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 9.7 mi
- Southern X793: 11.0 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 17
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 9.4 mi
- Statue of Diana: 10.3 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 11.5 mi
- Wake: 12.4 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 5.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 6.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- The Pinnacles: 8.1 mi
- Worlds Edge: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Florence Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 11.0 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 11.7 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 14.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.9 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Springs: 5
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 9.4 mi
- Lenox Spring: 12.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 12.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.4 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 20.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 21.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 13.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Mountain Springs Lane: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Face Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NE 55° | 1,341 m | 3.7 mi |
| Black Knob | NNE 21° | 1,291 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,281 m | 1.8 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | ENE 59° | 1,225 m | 4.8 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | E 98° | 1,208 m | 2.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,160 m | 4.4 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | ENE 62° | 1,152 m | 1.1 mi |
| Turkey Knob | SE 132° | 1,136 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020184 — Face Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807301
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