Peak · North Carolina
Little Bearwallow Mountain
Little Bearwallow Mountain rises to 1,208 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the north-northeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Bearwallow Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Drovers Road passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31630597, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,208 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.46512, -82.34623
- 0.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 3.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 10.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 1 mi
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Exclamation Point · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Waterfalls
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 0.4 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 1.3 mi
- Tom's Falls: 2.6 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 3.4 mi
Parks
- Edneyville Community Park: 5.3 mi
- The Gathering Place: 5.7 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 5.8 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 6.2 mi
- Morse Park: 6.9 mi
Peaks
- Bearwallow Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Grant Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Mitchell Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Turkey Knob: 1.3 mi
- Burntshirt Mountain: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 35
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 1.7 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 4.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 9.1 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 14.4 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 23
- Columbarium Garden: 8.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Spring Garden: 12.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 12.6 mi
Museums: 22
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 10.5 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 11.8 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 12.1 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 12.1 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 14.6 mi
Attractions: 17
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 6.3 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.3 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 10.8 mi
- Southern X793: 11.8 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 15
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 9.3 mi
- Statue of Diana: 12.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 12.9 mi
- Wake: 14.4 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Raven Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- The Pinnacles: 6.1 mi
- Worlds Edge: 7.0 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Florence Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 9.4 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 11.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 14.9 mi
Springs: 5
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 8.9 mi
- Lenox Spring: 12.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 13.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.0 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.1 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 21.4 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 23.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Mountain Springs Lane: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Little Bearwallow Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NNE 17° | 1,341 m | 2.6 mi |
| Black Knob | N 1° | 1,291 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,281 m | 0.7 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NNE 33° | 1,225 m | 3.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 133° | 1,208 m | 6.0 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,160 m | 3.0 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | E 88° | 1,156 m | 5.8 mi |
| Dill Knob | NNE 21° | 1,155 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021172 — Little Bearwallow Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807967
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