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Long Mountain

Long Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Long Mountain rises to 582 m in North Carolina. Wolf Pen Mountain stands 929 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 9.0 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31631864, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
582 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.53707, -82.04122

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Glenwood Park: 5.9 mi
  • Waterfall Park: 7.0 mi
  • Creekwise Park: 7.6 mi
  • Activity Field: 8.7 mi
  • Volleyball: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls
  • Standing Rock Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Lower Catawaba Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Catawba Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Upper Catawba Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Somey Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
Museums: 18
Attractions: 14
  • McDowell Tourism Authority: 10.1 mi
  • Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.9 mi
  • Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 13.5 mi
  • Buck Creek Trout Farm: 15.8 mi
  • Caboose: 16.7 mi
Historic sites: 11
Nature reserves: 7
Springs: 5
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Blue Ridge Assembly: 17.2 mi
  • Globe: 17.4 mi
  • Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 20.5 mi
  • Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 7.2 mi
  • McDowell County Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.3 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Long Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wolf Pen MountainW 275°929 m6.1 mi
Ditney KnobW 274°898 m8.0 mi
Hickorynut MountainWNW 296°839 m5.1 mi
Youngs MountainWSW 241°819 m8.6 mi
Flint KnobW 266°778 m8.7 mi
Logan MountainW 275°776 m9.3 mi
Fork KnobW 263°767 m8.3 mi
Pinnacle MountainS 174°762 m0.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:40
June solstice06:1420:1020:48
September equinox07:1718:5319:27
December solstice07:3416:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370747367574740
Precip in4.23.64.24.54.85.44.86.25.74.13.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD FT 4 NE, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357809941

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