Lookout Mountain
Lookout Mountain rises to 719 m in North Carolina. Rich Knob stands 1,500 m to the east-northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Geneva Maney Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31631954, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 719 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.5 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 11.4 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Geneva Maney Park: 0.5 mi
- Weaver Park: 0.9 mi
- Lake View Park: 0.9 mi
- Silver Line Park: 1.0 mi
- Highland Park: 1.0 mi
- Richmond Hill: 1.1 mi
- Pleasant Knob: 1.6 mi
- Sunset Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Patton Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Beaucatcher Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 4.6 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Cascades Falls: 12.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 12.7 mi
- Walker Falls: 15.1 mi
- Giving Tree Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Riverside Cemetery Marker: 1.3 mi
- 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Marker: 1.4 mi
- Jeter C. Pritchard Historical Marker: 1.5 mi
- Anne Penland: 1.9 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 2.9 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Italian Garden: 5.7 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 1.9 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 1.9 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 2.0 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 2.0 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 2.1 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 0.6 mi
- Ironland: 2.0 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 4.7 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 5.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 12.2 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 2.0 mi
- Passage: 2.0 mi
- Deco Gecko: 2.0 mi
- The Ties That Bind Asheville: 2.4 mi
- rooster: 2.4 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 12.3 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 13.3 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 9.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.4 mi
- Raven Cliff: 20.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 21.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 14.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 22.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 17.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 19.7 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 23.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 10.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Lookout Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | ENE 60° | 1,500 m | 7.9 mi |
| Rocky Knob | ENE 63° | 1,433 m | 7.5 mi |
| Richland Knob | ENE 57° | 1,429 m | 7.7 mi |
| Richland Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,429 m | 7.7 mi |
| Courthouse Knob | NE 53° | 1,322 m | 7.7 mi |
| High Swan | ENE 66° | 1,300 m | 6.9 mi |
| Rice Knob | ENE 62° | 1,219 m | 4.9 mi |
| Rock Knob | ENE 76° | 1,199 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1013191 — Lookout Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357802481
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