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Harris Mountain

Harris Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Harris Mountain rises to 751 m in North Carolina. Wolf Pen Mountain stands 929 m to the west-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lump Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 9.9 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31626496, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
751 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.52039, -82.03788

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Glenwood Park: 6.8 mi
  • Waterfall Park: 7.2 mi
  • Activity Field: 7.8 mi
  • Archery Range: 7.8 mi
  • Volleyball: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls
  • Standing Rock Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Somey Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Bottomless Pools: 12.7 mi
  • Lower Catawaba Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Catawba Falls: 13.0 mi
Museums: 15
  • Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.9 mi
  • Old Fort Railroad Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Bechtler House: 11.2 mi
  • Marion Train Depot: 11.2 mi
  • KidSenses Children's INTERACTIVE Museum: 11.5 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.2 mi
  • McDowell Tourism Authority: 11.0 mi
  • Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 13.1 mi
  • Caboose: 15.8 mi
  • Buck Creek Trout Farm: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 11
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 5
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Globe: 16.3 mi
  • Blue Ridge Assembly: 17.7 mi
  • Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 21.5 mi
  • Orange Bear: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 8.3 mi
  • McDowell County Rest Area: 8.4 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 21.3 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Harris Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wolf Pen MountainWNW929 m6.5 mi
Ditney KnobWNW898 m8.3 mi
Hickorynut MountainNW839 m5.8 mi
Youngs MountainWSW819 m8.2 mi
Flint KnobW778 m8.9 mi
Logan MountainWNW776 m9.7 mi
Fork KnobW767 m8.5 mi
Pinnacle MountainN762 m0.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:40
June solstice06:1420:1020:48
September equinox07:1718:5319:27
December solstice07:3416:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394249586674777670604942
Precip in5.04.14.84.64.95.35.96.54.94.34.34.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 986453 — Harris Mountain, Rutherford County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357774446

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