Mount Pisgah
Mount Pisgah rises to 1,744 m in North Carolina. Cold Mountain stands 1,819 m to the west-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Pisgah Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mount Pisgah is a mountain in the Appalachian mountain range and part of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States. The mountain's height is 5,721 feet (1,744 m) above sea level, and it sits approximately 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Asheville, near the crossing of the boundaries of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Transylvania counties. It is located on the border of Buncombe and Haywood counties, close to the point where Henderson and Transylvania meet them, but not actually within the latter two counties. The mountain is easily accessible via a hiking trail from the Blue Ridge Parkway, near the Pisgah Inn. Some people in the area have referred to "Pisgah and the Rat" because the mountain and others nearby are said to look like a rat. Art by Harry Sage appears on the city seal of Asheville, North Carolina.
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Wikidata Q6922776, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1744 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 3.0 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 4.1 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 15.1 mi off the Appalachian Medley
Overlooks nearby
- Buck Spring Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- View Funnel Top (MP 409.3) · 2 mi
- Mills River Valley Overlook (MP 404.5) · 2 mi
- Mills River Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Pisgah Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Fork Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Ripshin Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Candler Knob: 1.4 mi
- Little Bald Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bee Branch Falls: 2.3 mi
- Upper Thompson Ridge Falls: 2.4 mi
- Lower Thompson Ridge Falls: 2.4 mi
- Bradley Creek Falls: 2.5 mi
- Cradle Falls: 3.8 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 5.4 mi
- Chestnut Mountain Park: 7.5 mi
- Bridge Park: 8.1 mi
- Berm Park: 8.1 mi
- Powhatan Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 0.9 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 5.3 mi
- Camp John Rock: 10.0 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 11.9 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 9.3 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 9.6 mi
- Holly Garden: 9.7 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 9.7 mi
- Stream Garden: 9.7 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 5.3 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 11.4 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 12.6 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 13.3 mi
- M1: 13.5 mi
- Berm Park: 7.8 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 14.1 mi
- Statue of Diana: 14.1 mi
- E. W. Pearson: 14.5 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 14.9 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 5.3 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 8.7 mi
- Shook Museum: 11.7 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 13.3 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 14.7 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 15.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 15.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 16.7 mi
- High Rocks: 16.9 mi
- Dunns Rock: 17.0 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 6.8 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 8.6 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 14.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 12.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 24.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 1.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 18.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 25.0 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 2.9 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 18.7 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 8.3 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Mount Pisgah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Mountain | WSW 259° | 1,819 m | 5.7 mi |
| Dog Loser Knob | SW 235° | 1,756 m | 6.7 mi |
| Old Butt Knob | SW 232° | 1,684 m | 6.1 mi |
| Fryingpan Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,621 m | 2.5 mi |
| Little Pisgah Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,611 m | 0.7 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,611 m | 1.4 mi |
| Big Bald | S 189° | 1,588 m | 2.0 mi |
| Beech Knob | SSW 208° | 1,547 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:43 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Candler 1 W, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1014496 — Mount Pisgah, Haywood County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357803206
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- Asheville · 16 mi
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