Ironmonger Mountain
Ironmonger Mountain rises to 536 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31424977, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 536 m
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 13.5 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 20.0 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 23.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 21 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 24 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 24 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Yellow Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.8 mi
- High Peak: 2.3 mi
- Rector Knob: 2.8 mi
- Keller Knob: 3.7 mi
- Drexel Heritage Park: 4.2 mi
- Methodist Park: 4.2 mi
- McCombs Park: 4.6 mi
- East Union Street Park: 4.6 mi
- Martha's Park: 4.7 mi
- McGalliard Falls: 5.9 mi
- Little River Falls: 6.0 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 6.5 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 7.1 mi
- Upper High Shoals Falls: 7.1 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 4.2 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 4.5 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 4.6 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 5.0 mi
- Hudson Depot Museum: 12.9 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 14.7 mi
- Four Trumpets: 15.6 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 15.6 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 15.8 mi
- Across the Grain: 15.8 mi
- Lake Hickory Attractions: 11.8 mi
- Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 14.0 mi
- Something Rotten: 15.2 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 15.2 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 15.2 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 4.4 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 4.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 16.6 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 21.1 mi
- Observation Deck: 12.9 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 20.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.1 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 2.7 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 4.7 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 16.4 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 24.7 mi
- Fox Den: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 7.1 mi
- Swimming beach: 14.3 mi
- Boat beach: 14.3 mi
- Community Gardens: 15.2 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 15.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 17.6 mi
- Gully Pipe: 17.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 20.3 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Mortimer: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Ironmonger Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | SW 230° | 918 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hickory Knob | SW 227° | 907 m | 8.1 mi |
| Propst Mountain | SW 231° | 905 m | 8.8 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SW 229° | 901 m | 8.3 mi |
| Walker Top | SW 233° | 886 m | 6.1 mi |
| Benn Knob | S 190° | 882 m | 9.2 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | SW 216° | 874 m | 7.4 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | SSW 213° | 870 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
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 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807790
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 17 mi
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