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Pennycove Lump

Pennycove Lump, seen from above at true elevation

Pennycove Lump rises to 670 m in North Carolina. Greenlee Mountain stands 949 m to the north-northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Redcove Lump, a peak 0.5 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 7.5 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31634830, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
670 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.58485, -82.07289

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Creekwise Park: 5.1 mi
  • Glenwood Park: 5.5 mi
  • Waterfall Park: 6.3 mi
  • West Marion Community Park: 6.7 mi
  • Greenlee Park: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • Standing Rock Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Lower Catawaba Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Catawba Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Upper Catawba Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Hickory Branch Falls: 9.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 17
Attractions: 15
  • McDowell Tourism Authority: 6.8 mi
  • Buck Creek Trout Farm: 12.1 mi
  • Canopy Ridge Farm: 12.6 mi
  • Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 14.3 mi
  • Walk Like a Raccoon: 15.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Artworks: 7
  • Blue Ridge Assembly: 14.9 mi
  • Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 18.8 mi
  • Globe: 20.7 mi
  • Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 22.6 mi
  • Mosaic Mural: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 6
Springs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 4.8 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 4.9 mi
  • McDowell County Rest Area: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 16.6 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Pennycove Lump. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Greenlee MountainNNW949 m7.9 mi
Long RidgeNNW941 m7.7 mi
Wolf Pen MountainWSW929 m5.1 mi
Ditney KnobWSW898 m6.8 mi
Jerdon MountainNW841 m8.6 mi
Hickorynut MountainWSW839 m3.0 mi
Hoover MountainNNW835 m8.0 mi
Edmondson MountainW830 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:40
June solstice06:1420:1020:48
September equinox07:1718:5319:27
December solstice07:3516:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370747367574740
Precip in4.23.64.24.54.85.44.86.25.74.13.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD FT 4 NE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357781713

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