Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain rises to 750 m in North Carolina. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,208 m to the northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Oleta Falls, a waterfall 1.4 miles away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31629761, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 750 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 6.2 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 4.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 9.4 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
- Exclamation Point · 10 mi
- Devil's Head · 10 mi
- Opera Box · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oleta Falls: 1.4 mi
- Upper Hungry River Falls: 1.9 mi
- Lower Hungry River Falls: 2.3 mi
- Case Falls: 2.6 mi
- Briefcase Falls: 2.6 mi
- Edneyville Community Park: 4.4 mi
- Jackson Park: 4.9 mi
- The Park at Flat Rock: 5.0 mi
- William H. King Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Annie Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Rich Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Laurel Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bradley Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 4.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 5.8 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 9.2 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 10.2 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 10.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 5.0 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 18.1 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 18.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 18.1 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 4.5 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 5.7 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 6.2 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 8.8 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 10.4 mi
- Southern X793: 5.5 mi
- Historical Downtown: 5.7 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 8.1 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 9.7 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 12.0 mi
- Orange Bear: 14.9 mi
- Globe: 16.7 mi
- Statue of Diana: 18.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 18.9 mi
- Maria: 20.2 mi
- The Pinnacles: 7.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 7.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 7.3 mi
- Worlds Edge: 7.7 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 4.4 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 11.4 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 13.7 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 23.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 6.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 7.6 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 18.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 18.5 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Kings Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NE 43° | 1,208 m | 7.5 mi |
| Bald Top Mountain | NNW 344° | 1,086 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hightop Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,082 m | 7.6 mi |
| Poplar Mountain | NE 44° | 991 m | 6.2 mi |
| Wildcat Spur | ENE 59° | 971 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ward Mountain | NW 313° | 938 m | 7.5 mi |
| Cliffield Mountain | ENE 73° | 918 m | 3.7 mi |
| Point Lookout | NNE 30° | 904 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 37 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hendersonville 1 NE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 988005 — Kings Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357776348
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 21 mi
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