Little Cedar Mountain
Little Cedar Mountain rises to 656 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 10.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31425126, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 656 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 13.4 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 23.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.3 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 21 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 23 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 24 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Keller Knob: 1.0 mi
- Hipp Knob: 1.4 mi
- Burkemont Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Jimmy Knob: 2.0 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Clear Creek Access: 4.3 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 4.6 mi
- Drexel Heritage Park: 5.5 mi
- Shuey Park: 5.6 mi
- Martha's Park: 6.2 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 4.3 mi
- Little River Falls: 4.4 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 4.9 mi
- Upper High Shoals Falls: 4.9 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Four Trumpets: 19.1 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 19.2 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 19.4 mi
- Across the Grain: 19.4 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 5.9 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 6.1 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 6.2 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 8.8 mi
- Hudson Depot Museum: 16.7 mi
- Something Rotten: 13.8 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 13.9 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 13.9 mi
- Wild Percussion: 14.0 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 14.0 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 6.3 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 6.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 18.6 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 19.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 19.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.2 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 21.8 mi
- Fox Den: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 10.9 mi
- Swimming beach: 13.0 mi
- Boat beach: 13.0 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 17.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 17.5 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 19.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 21.7 mi
- Mortimer: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Little Cedar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | SW 235° | 918 m | 5.2 mi |
| Hickory Knob | SW 231° | 907 m | 4.3 mi |
| Propst Mountain | WSW 237° | 905 m | 5.1 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SW 234° | 901 m | 4.6 mi |
| Walker Top | WSW 249° | 886 m | 2.5 mi |
| Benn Knob | S 171° | 882 m | 6.3 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | SSW 210° | 874 m | 3.7 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | SSW 203° | 870 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021176 — Little Cedar Mountain, Burke County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807973
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 20 mi
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