Gouch Peak
Gouch Peak rises to 909 m in North Carolina. Rich Knob stands 1,500 m to the east-northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Reynolds Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. French Broad Overview passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31625301, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 909 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 4.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.8 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Reynolds Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Killian Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Baird Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Goldview Knob: 1.3 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Lake View Park: 1.1 mi
- Silver Line Park: 1.9 mi
- Geneva Maney Park: 2.1 mi
- Woodfin Riverside Park: 2.2 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 2.6 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 2.5 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
- Cascades Falls: 11.9 mi
- Douglas Falls: 11.9 mi
- Walker Falls: 14.1 mi
- Giving Tree Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Riverside Cemetery Marker: 3.3 mi
- 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Marker: 3.3 mi
- Overlook Castle: 3.4 mi
- Jeter C. Pritchard Historical Marker: 3.4 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 2.1 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 4.8 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Italian Garden: 7.7 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 4.0 mi
- Passage: 4.0 mi
- Deco Gecko: 4.0 mi
- The Ties That Bind Asheville: 4.3 mi
- rooster: 4.4 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 2.7 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 3.8 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 3.8 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 3.9 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 4.0 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 2.6 mi
- Ironland: 4.0 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 6.7 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 7.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 10.8 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 11.4 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 11.4 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 11.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 20.2 mi
- Vann Cliff: 20.8 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 21.5 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.4 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 22.9 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 23.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 18.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 19.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 23.1 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 12.1 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 15.9 mi
- Wasp: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Gouch Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | ENE 74° | 1,500 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bull Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,473 m | 7.6 mi |
| Rocky Knob | ENE 78° | 1,433 m | 6.9 mi |
| Richland Knob | ENE 72° | 1,429 m | 7.0 mi |
| Richland Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,429 m | 7.0 mi |
| Courthouse Knob | ENE 67° | 1,322 m | 6.8 mi |
| High Swan | E 83° | 1,300 m | 6.5 mi |
| North Knob | NE 39° | 1,233 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023524 — Gouch Peak, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809704
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