Fairfield Mountain
Fairfield Mountain rises to 394 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Creek Park, a park 1.3 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31623561, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 394 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 5.1 mi off the Drovers Road
- 16.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 4 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 4 mi
- Opera Box · 4 mi
- Devil's Head · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buffalo Creek Park: 1.3 mi
- Morse Park: 2.9 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 3.2 mi
- The Gathering Place: 3.4 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 3.9 mi
- Youngs Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Party Rock: 1.5 mi
- Rumbling Bald Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Buzzards Roost: 2.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.2 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 3.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.5 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 4.2 mi
- Broad River Falls: 4.6 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 4.7 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 9.0 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 9.5 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 11.1 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 11.3 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 15.0 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 11.3 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 18.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Spring Garden: 20.3 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 11.0 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 11.0 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 11.1 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 12.3 mi
- House of Flags: 15.0 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 3.6 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 3.6 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 11.0 mi
- Southern X793: 17.8 mi
- Historical Downtown: 18.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 11.9 mi
- Globe: 14.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 18.6 mi
- Orange Bear: 20.1 mi
- Statue of Diana: 20.2 mi
- Worlds Edge: 5.9 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 6.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- The Pinnacles: 6.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 3.7 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 16.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 16.7 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 17.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.3 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 16.9 mi
- Lenox Spring: 18.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 15.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 23.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Fairfield Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,341 m | 7.8 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | WNW 291° | 1,225 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 222° | 1,208 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | W 268° | 1,208 m | 8.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,160 m | 7.3 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | W 268° | 1,156 m | 2.5 mi |
| Miller Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,095 m | 6.5 mi |
| Burntshirt Mountain | W 276° | 1,061 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1001007 — Fairfield Mountain, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357796419
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 21 mi
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