Misery Mountain
Misery Mountain rises to 859 m in North Carolina. Toxaway Mountain stands 1,452 m to the north, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Rich Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Whitewater Way passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31633244, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 859 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 4.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 5.1 mi off the Oscar Wigington Scenic Byway
- 9.9 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 2 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 4 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 17 mi
- View Herrin Knob Overlook (MP 424.4) · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rich Falls: 0.3 mi
- Standing Stone Falls: 0.4 mi
- Big Falls: 0.5 mi
- Hilliard Falls: 0.7 mi
- Hidden Dome Falls: 0.9 mi
- Silver Run Falls: 5.0 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 5.1 mi
- Sloan Bridge Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- McKinney Meadow: 7.6 mi
- Cashiers Village Green Park: 8.1 mi
- Gallbuster Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Rocky Knobs: 2.0 mi
- Whitewater Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Licklog Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Waddle Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Chattooga Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Sheep Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Wildcat Cliffs: 10.7 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 11.0 mi
- Sunset Rock: 11.8 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 8.2 mi
- General Pickens Monument: 12.6 mi
- Chattooga Town: 14.7 mi
- Oconee Station: 15.1 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 17.8 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 11.8 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 16.6 mi
- World of Energy: 18.2 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 18.6 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 19.3 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 12.2 mi
- Brushy Face Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 13.2 mi
- M1: 18.6 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 18.7 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 19.2 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 20.2 mi
- Common Gardening: 16.7 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- English Garden: 19.3 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Franklin Garden: 24.4 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 6.8 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 8.2 mi
- North Beach: 15.2 mi
- South Beach: 16.7 mi
- Cool Spring: 5.9 mi
- Moody Spring: 9.7 mi
- Indian Spring: 22.6 mi
- South: 16.7 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Ear: 20.8 mi
- Chalice: 21.1 mi
- American Eclipse: 21.2 mi
- Smoky Mountain Visitor Center: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Misery Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxaway Mountain | N 358° | 1,452 m | 5.5 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | NW 306° | 1,401 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,392 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,386 m | 6.3 mi |
| Terrapin Mountain | W 270° | 1,357 m | 6.3 mi |
| Sassafras Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,335 m | 3.8 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NW 308° | 1,322 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ravenrock Mountain | N 359° | 1,317 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021496 — Misery Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808290
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