Little Mountain
Little Mountain rises to 550 m in North Carolina. High Windy stands 1,321 m to the west, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Major Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1021214).
Wikidata Q31631101, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 550 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 9.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.2 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 9 mi
- Green Knob Overlook (MP 350.4) · 10 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 10 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lindley Park: 3.1 mi
- Waterfall Park: 3.6 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 5.7 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 6.1 mi
- Catawba Falls: 3.1 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 3.1 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 3.2 mi
- Davids Falls: 3.4 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 3.6 mi
- Major Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Edmondson Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Logan Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Hicks Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 2.3 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 4.0 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 4.4 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 10.5 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 12.6 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 7.7 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 17.2 mi
- Terrace garden: 18.3 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 18.3 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 3.9 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 4.0 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 7.2 mi
- Historic Carson House: 11.5 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 13.1 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 3.9 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 10.2 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.7 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 12.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 18.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 7.8 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 15.5 mi
- Statue of Diana: 19.5 mi
- Wake: 19.7 mi
- Deco Gecko: 19.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 9.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 10.7 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 10.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 14.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 5.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 9.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 9.9 mi
- Lenox Spring: 23.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 8.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 12.4 mi
- Worlds Edge: 12.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 12.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 11.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 11.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 11.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- Boat beach: 21.9 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.9 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 24.6 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 24.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 13.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Windy | W 268° | 1,321 m | 7.6 mi |
| High Top | W 273° | 1,263 m | 7.1 mi |
| Thunder Knob | NW 326° | 1,245 m | 7.8 mi |
| Rocky Head | NW 321° | 1,225 m | 7.4 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | SW 233° | 1,225 m | 7.8 mi |
| Boggs Bunion | NW 315° | 1,185 m | 6.3 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | NW 318° | 1,182 m | 6.9 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,156 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD FT 4 NE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808024
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- Asheville · 20 mi
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