High Rock
High Rock rises to 677 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the west-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dogwood Stamp Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31424826, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 677 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 20.3 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 28.8 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 28 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dogwood Stamp Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Painter Knob: 1.5 mi
- Benn Knob: 2.0 mi
- Printers Knob: 2.0 mi
- Old Sheep Knob: 2.1 mi
- South Mountains State Park: 2.5 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 2.5 mi
- Casar Park: 3.7 mi
- George Hildebeand Community Park: 8.2 mi
- Belwood Recreation Center Ii: 8.4 mi
- Metcalfe Station-Lawndale Historical Society: 10.8 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 12.5 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 12.6 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 12.7 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 12.9 mi
- Upper High Shoals Falls: 2.0 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 2.0 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 2.7 mi
- Little River Falls: 3.0 mi
- Beautimos Falls: 3.4 mi
- Historic Beginnings: 19.6 mi
- Martin Luther: 20.6 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 20.9 mi
- Four Trumpets: 24.2 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 24.2 mi
- Lake Hickory Attractions: 17.2 mi
- Caboose: 18.5 mi
- Shelby Corn Maze: 19.2 mi
- Something Rotten: 19.9 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 19.9 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 12.9 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 13.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Lattimore Caboose: 17.3 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 19.6 mi
- Observation Deck: 13.8 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.7 mi
- Fox Den: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 14.9 mi
- Swimming beach: 19.1 mi
- Boat beach: 19.1 mi
- Community Gardens: 23.9 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 24.6 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 24.0 mi
- Gully Pipe: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of High Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | WNW 293° | 918 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hickory Knob | WNW 299° | 907 m | 7.3 mi |
| Propst Mountain | WNW 295° | 905 m | 8.0 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | WNW 297° | 901 m | 7.6 mi |
| Walker Top | NW 315° | 886 m | 7.5 mi |
| Benn Knob | W 268° | 882 m | 2.0 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WNW 302° | 874 m | 5.7 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | WNW 300° | 870 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vale AG 2 SW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807684
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 20 mi
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