Pickens Mountain
Pickens Mountain rises to 890 m in North Carolina. Rich Mountain stands 1,119 m to the northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is East Fork Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 5.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31425546, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 890 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 5.5 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 6.4 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 11.5 mi off the Whitewater Way
Overlooks nearby
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 6 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 8 mi
- Gorges Overlook · 11 mi
- Sliding Rock Viewpoint · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Fork Falls: 0.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 0.6 mi
- Graveley Falls: 1.3 mi
- Jane Cantrell Falls: 1.9 mi
- Reece Place Falls: 2.5 mi
- Champion Park: 4.9 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 5.4 mi
- Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 6.9 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 8.5 mi
- Franklin Park: 8.7 mi
- Jordan Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Gordon Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Crawford Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Dolves Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 7.3 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 9.8 mi
- Jennings Mill: 11.9 mi
- Trestle ruins: 11.9 mi
- Camp John Rock: 12.4 mi
- El Lieutenant: 5.3 mi
- Dunns Rock: 5.4 mi
- Raven Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Castle Rock: 5.7 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 7.0 mi
- M1: 8.6 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 14.8 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 15.8 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 16.8 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 6.6 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 8.8 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 15.6 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 15.9 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 16.8 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- English Garden: 15.6 mi
- Trail Roundabout: 21.6 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 21.7 mi
- Asia Garden: 21.7 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 20.5 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 20.6 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 22.3 mi
- Springtime in TR: 20.2 mi
- Honey: 20.4 mi
- Softball statue: 21.6 mi
- Doughboy: 21.9 mi
- We all Need Safe Places To Walk and Ride: 23.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 21.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- South: 22.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 7.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.3 mi
- Lenox Spring: 21.1 mi
- Moody Spring: 22.2 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 13.2 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 15.4 mi
- North Beach: 20.8 mi
- South Beach: 22.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Pickens Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mountain | NE 40° | 1,119 m | 6.2 mi |
| Sassafras Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,087 m | 3.3 mi |
| Slick Rock Mountain | NE 37° | 1,086 m | 6.1 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | S 191° | 1,063 m | 4.1 mi |
| Middle Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,044 m | 3.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | S 173° | 1,041 m | 5.2 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | SW 236° | 1,027 m | 2.8 mi |
| Coldbranch Mountain | E 100° | 1,016 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
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 | 40 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Table Rock, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808584
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