Medford Mountain
Medford Mountain rises to 459 m in North Carolina. Shumont Mountain stands 1,156 m to the west-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Roan Horse Top, a peak 1.0 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 6.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31632707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 459 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 9.8 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.2 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 14.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 9 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 9 mi
- Opera Box · 9 mi
- Devil's Head · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roan Horse Top: 1.0 mi
- Dicks Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Brushy Top: 1.6 mi
- Oak Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 2.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 8.4 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 8.4 mi
- Broad River Falls: 8.5 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 8.7 mi
- Waterfall Park: 2.1 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 4.8 mi
- Morse Park: 7.8 mi
- Dittmer-Watts Nature Trail Park: 8.0 mi
- Lindley Park: 8.0 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 8.2 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 8.2 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 12.7 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 13.5 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 13.9 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.1 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.1 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 8.2 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 12.6 mi
- Historic Carson House: 12.8 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 7.0 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 8.1 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 8.6 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 16.0 mi
- Caboose: 19.9 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 12.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 21.3 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Terrace garden: 22.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 12.9 mi
- Globe: 16.4 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 20.4 mi
- Orange Bear: 23.3 mi
- Statue of Diana: 23.4 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 7.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 15.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 16.3 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 20.0 mi
- Worlds Edge: 10.7 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 11.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- The Pinnacles: 11.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 10.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 10.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 11.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 14.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 15.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 23.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.7 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 18.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 20.4 mi
- Boat beach: 21.5 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Medford Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shumont Mountain | WSW 241° | 1,156 m | 7.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,049 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cross Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,044 m | 7.3 mi |
| Weed Patch Mountain | WSW 255° | 1,039 m | 5.4 mi |
| Cedar Knob | WSW 240° | 1,021 m | 7.7 mi |
| Stone Mountain | W 271° | 998 m | 5.7 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | WSW 244° | 993 m | 8.0 mi |
| Rattlesnake Knob | WSW 252° | 987 m | 8.0 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 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021405 — Medford Mountain, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808204
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 24 mi
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