Kitsuma Peak
Kitsuma Peak rises to 963 m in North Carolina. Pinnacle stands 1,721 m to the north, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Catawaba Falls, a waterfall 1.4 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 3.2 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31629839, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 963 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 5.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 10.2 mi off the Drovers Road
- 14.8 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 1.4 mi
- Catawba Falls: 1.4 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 1.5 mi
- Davids Falls: 1.6 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 4.0 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 2.4 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Welsh Field: 2.9 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 3.2 mi
- Town Square: 3.4 mi
- Bernard Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Copperhead Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Jobs Peak: 1.7 mi
- Boggs Bunion: 1.8 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 4.9 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 14.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 15.3 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 15.3 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 4.5 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 5.2 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 10.6 mi
- Potato House: 11.4 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 11.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 4.5 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 10.8 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 13.1 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 13.7 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 14.6 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 3.4 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 4.5 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 4.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 10.1 mi
- Historic Carson House: 12.4 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 4.6 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 11.9 mi
- Deco Gecko: 16.6 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 16.6 mi
- Wake: 16.6 mi
- Rocky Knob: 5.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 6.2 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 9.8 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 14.6 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 3.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 5.6 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 6.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 24.5 mi
- Gully Pipe: 24.9 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 4.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- The Pinnacles: 15.3 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 15.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 13.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 13.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 22.7 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 23.0 mi
- Boat beach: 23.2 mi
- Swimming beach: 23.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 10.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 13.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kitsuma Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle | N 352° | 1,721 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | N 352° | 1,640 m | 6.6 mi |
| Graybeard Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,635 m | 4.8 mi |
| Big Slaty | NNW 335° | 1,597 m | 4.6 mi |
| Rocky Knob | NNW 343° | 1,597 m | 5.5 mi |
| Green Knob | NNE 17° | 1,540 m | 7.1 mi |
| Little Slaty | NNW 331° | 1,524 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Craggy Knob | NW 314° | 1,490 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Black MTN 2 W, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357802310
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 17 mi
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