Hogback Mountain
Hogback Mountain rises to 944 m in North Carolina. Coxcomb Mountain stands 1,655 m to the east-southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Wooded Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Madison County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1020793).
Wikidata Q31627897, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 944 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 10.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 13.2 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 12.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Walker Knob Overlook (MP 359.8) · 12 mi
- Glassmine Falls Overlook (MP 361.2) · 13 mi
- Craggy Gardens · 13 mi
- Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Laurel Community Center Park: 4.0 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 4.7 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 9.5 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 11.6 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 11.8 mi
- Walker Falls: 11.2 mi
- Trillium Falls: 11.5 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 11.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 12.3 mi
- Cascades Falls: 12.8 mi
- Wooded Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Grassy Knob: 2.1 mi
- Broomstraw Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Stony Knob: 2.2 mi
- Deweese Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Moye Rest: 7.1 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 11.5 mi
- Bill of Rights: 11.5 mi
- US Constitution: 11.5 mi
- Declaration of Independence: 11.5 mi
- Friends: 11.6 mi
- Stream: 11.6 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 11.6 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 11.6 mi
- Rock Bridge: 11.6 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 4.0 mi
- McElroy House: 11.6 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 11.6 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 12.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 14.8 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 15.8 mi
- Terrace garden: 15.8 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 16.8 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 17.7 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 19.0 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 17.6 mi
- Vann Cliff: 19.4 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 5.8 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 8.2 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 12.8 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 17.9 mi
- Ironland: 19.1 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 10.8 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 11.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 15.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 16.5 mi
- Rocky Knob: 16.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 14.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 17.0 mi
- Overlook Access: 21.0 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 22.0 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 16.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 17.7 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 22.0 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 22.4 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Hogback Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coxcomb Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,655 m | 7.8 mi |
| Upper Haw Knob | N 1° | 1,492 m | 6.2 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,454 m | 7.0 mi |
| Elk Wallow Knob | N 10° | 1,452 m | 5.7 mi |
| Firescald Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,442 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sampson Peak | NNE 26° | 1,442 m | 7.0 mi |
| Stack Rock | ESE 105° | 1,405 m | 7.2 mi |
| Lower Haw Knob | NNW 348° | 1,401 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marshall, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807720
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 20 mi
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