Peak · North Carolina
Little Fork Mountain
Little Fork Mountain rises to 759 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the north-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Raven Cliffs, a cliff 1.0 miles away. Drovers Road passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31630802, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 759 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.43012, -82.29845
- 1.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 0.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 12.9 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 13.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Exclamation Point · 3 mi
- Devil's Head · 3 mi
- Opera Box · 3 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Bluerock Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Barnwell Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Fork Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Stony Mountain: 1.6 mi
Waterfalls
- Hickory Nut Falls: 2.2 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 2.5 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 2.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 2.7 mi
Parks
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 2.7 mi
- The Gathering Place: 2.9 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 3.3 mi
- Edneyville Community Park: 3.9 mi
- Morse Park: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 40
- Edneyville High School Monument: 3.4 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 5.2 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 11.7 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 12.2 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 25
- Columbarium Garden: 11.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 12.4 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 15.3 mi
- Spring Garden: 16.0 mi
Museums: 24
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 11.5 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 12.0 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 12.9 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 12.9 mi
- House of Flags: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 16
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 3.1 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 7.2 mi
- Southern X793: 11.7 mi
- Historical Downtown: 12.0 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 13.2 mi
Artworks: 16
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 11.9 mi
- Statue of Diana: 16.0 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 16.4 mi
- Globe: 16.4 mi
- Wake: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Raven Cliffs: 1.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 2.4 mi
- The Pinnacles: 2.6 mi
- Worlds Edge: 3.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 11.6 mi
Nature reserves: 11
- Florence Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 6.2 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 11.1 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 17.5 mi
Springs: 5
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 11.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 12.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 13.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 18.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 12.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 13.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 21.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 21.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 1
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 18.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Mountain Springs Lane: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Little Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,341 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,281 m | 3.9 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | N 351° | 1,225 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 134° | 1,208 m | 2.3 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | NW 312° | 1,208 m | 3.6 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NNW 346° | 1,160 m | 5.3 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | NE 50° | 1,156 m | 4.1 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | NW 309° | 1,152 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 | 06:15 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021189 — Little Fork Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357807989
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