Killian Mountain
Killian Mountain rises to 921 m in North Carolina. Rich Knob stands 1,500 m to the east-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Reynolds Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. French Broad Overview passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31629665, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 921 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 3.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Reynolds Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Gouch Peak: 0.5 mi
- Baird Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Goldview Knob: 1.7 mi
- Pleasant Knob: 1.8 mi
- Lake View Park: 1.3 mi
- Silver Line Park: 2.3 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 2.4 mi
- Geneva Maney Park: 2.4 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 2.5 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 2.5 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 3.5 mi
- Cascades Falls: 11.3 mi
- Douglas Falls: 11.4 mi
- Walker Falls: 13.5 mi
- Giving Tree Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Overlook Castle: 3.2 mi
- Riverside Cemetery Marker: 3.4 mi
- 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Marker: 3.4 mi
- Jeter C. Pritchard Historical Marker: 3.5 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 5.1 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Italian Garden: 7.9 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 4.0 mi
- Deco Gecko: 4.1 mi
- Passage: 4.1 mi
- The Ties That Bind Asheville: 4.5 mi
- Wake: 4.6 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 2.6 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 3.9 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 3.9 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 4.0 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 4.1 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 2.8 mi
- Ironland: 4.0 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 6.9 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 7.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 10.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 11.6 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Raven Cliff: 20.7 mi
- Vann Cliff: 21.1 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 21.8 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 10.9 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 11.6 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 16.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.8 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 23.3 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 23.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 18.3 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 19.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 22.6 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 12.4 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Killian Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | ENE 75° | 1,500 m | 6.7 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | ENE 75° | 1,493 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bull Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,473 m | 7.1 mi |
| Rocky Knob | ENE 79° | 1,433 m | 6.4 mi |
| Richland Knob | ENE 72° | 1,429 m | 6.5 mi |
| Richland Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,429 m | 6.5 mi |
| Courthouse Knob | ENE 66° | 1,322 m | 6.3 mi |
| High Swan | E 84° | 1,300 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021039 — Killian Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807892
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