Middle Mountain
Middle Mountain rises to 1,044 m in North Carolina. Rich Mountain stands 1,119 m to the north-northeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dehon Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway passes 6.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31425309, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,044 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 7.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 7.9 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 9.7 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 6 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 7 mi
- Sliding Rock Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Reece Place Falls: 1.6 mi
- Raven Cliff Falls: 2.8 mi
- Upper Batson Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Connestee Falls: 2.9 mi
- Batson Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- DuPont State Forest Visitors Center: 5.7 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 6.6 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 6.9 mi
- Franklin Park: 7.0 mi
- Champion Park: 7.4 mi
- Dehon Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Quillen Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bradford Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Panther Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 4.5 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 7.2 mi
- Jennings Mill: 9.1 mi
- Trestle ruins: 9.1 mi
- Echo Valley Amusement Park chairlift pillar concrete pad: 10.8 mi
- El Lieutenant: 2.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Dunns Rock: 3.6 mi
- Castle Rock: 3.9 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 6.7 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 4.2 mi
- M1: 7.1 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 11.1 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 15.5 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 17.0 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 7.3 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 7.4 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 15.7 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 17.2 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 17.5 mi
- Springtime in TR: 18.6 mi
- Honey: 18.8 mi
- Softball statue: 20.4 mi
- Doughboy: 20.7 mi
- We all Need Safe Places To Walk and Ride: 22.3 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 7.0 mi
- English Garden: 17.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 18.1 mi
- Asia Garden: 20.3 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 20.4 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 19.2 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 20.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 19.5 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 16.8 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 18.2 mi
- North Beach: 23.9 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 24.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 11.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 17.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Middle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,119 m | 3.0 mi |
| Slick Rock Mountain | N 6° | 1,086 m | 3.1 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,027 m | 6.5 mi |
| Coldbranch Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,016 m | 2.8 mi |
| Slicking Mountain | S 183° | 1,013 m | 2.9 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,011 m | 2.4 mi |
| Little Rich Mountain | E 87° | 1,008 m | 5.4 mi |
| Quillen Mountain | SE 131° | 1,005 m | 0.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Caesars Head, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808221
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