Jones Mountain
Jones Mountain rises to 816 m in North Carolina. Craggy Knob stands 1,699 m to the north-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Entry-Way Garden, a park 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31629371, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 816 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Drovers Road
- 7.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 10.2 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Entry-Way Garden: 1.0 mi
- Lower Slab: 1.2 mi
- The Slabs: 1.2 mi
- Formal Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 1.3 mi
- Potato Knob: 2.1 mi
- Bull Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Little Cedar Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Big Cedar Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Bartlett Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Cascades Falls: 9.2 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 9.2 mi
- Douglas Falls: 9.6 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 10.8 mi
- Overlook Castle: 4.8 mi
- The Den: 4.9 mi
- Potato House: 4.9 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 4.9 mi
- Swimming Pool: 4.9 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 6.4 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 2.0 mi
- Wake: 5.8 mi
- Deco Gecko: 5.8 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 5.8 mi
- Passage: 6.0 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 5.6 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 5.6 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 5.7 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 5.7 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 5.9 mi
- Ironland: 5.8 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 6.6 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 7.3 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 7.9 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 11.4 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 6.4 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 8.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 9.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 7.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 10.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- The Pinnacles: 16.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 8.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 12.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 12.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 24.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 24.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 15.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 21.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 12.6 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Jones Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Knob | NNE 30° | 1,699 m | 7.4 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | NNE 16° | 1,583 m | 6.0 mi |
| Rich Knob | N 4° | 1,500 m | 5.7 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | N 10° | 1,493 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bull Mountain | N 7° | 1,473 m | 5.8 mi |
| Rocky Knob | N 2° | 1,433 m | 5.2 mi |
| Richland Mountain | N 1° | 1,429 m | 5.9 mi |
| Richland Knob | N 1° | 1,429 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:42 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357807856
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