High Windy
High Windy rises to 1,321 m in North Carolina. Forked Ridge Knob stands 1,375 m to the north-northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 2.1 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31424835, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,321 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 4.9 mi off the Drovers Road
- 7.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.2 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Youth Center Park: 3.3 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 3.4 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 3.5 mi
- Town Square: 3.5 mi
- Grovemont Park: 3.8 mi
- Davids Falls: 5.0 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 5.5 mi
- Catawba Falls: 5.7 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 5.9 mi
- Tom's Falls: 6.0 mi
- Black Knob: 0.7 mi
- High Top: 0.8 mi
- Jesses High Top: 1.2 mi
- Lakey Knob: 1.8 mi
- Dill Knob: 2.1 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 5.7 mi
- Potato House: 9.5 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 9.5 mi
- The Den: 9.5 mi
- Tool Shed: 9.5 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 1.3 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Spring Garden: 12.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 12.2 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 3.3 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 9.7 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 12.1 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 12.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 2.1 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 8.4 mi
- Statue of Diana: 12.0 mi
- Wake: 12.2 mi
- Deco Gecko: 12.3 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 9.6 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 11.0 mi
- Ironland: 12.3 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 12.8 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 13.2 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 7.7 mi
- Rocky Knob: 9.3 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 10.8 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 9.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 12.1 mi
- The Pinnacles: 12.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 2.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 10.0 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 10.1 mi
- Lenox Spring: 19.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.8 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 18.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 14.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 18.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 17.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of High Windy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forked Ridge Knob | NNE 14° | 1,375 m | 6.9 mi |
| Little Pisgah Mountain | S 177° | 1,341 m | 4.8 mi |
| Jesses High Top | WNW 298° | 1,326 m | 1.2 mi |
| Black Knob | SW 214° | 1,291 m | 0.7 mi |
| Brushy Knob | NNE 13° | 1,274 m | 6.3 mi |
| High Top | NE 37° | 1,263 m | 0.8 mi |
| Thunder Knob | NNE 25° | 1,245 m | 7.5 mi |
| High Hickory Knob | W 278° | 1,231 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1020766 — High Windy, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807697
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- Asheville · 12 mi
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