Pigpen Mountain
Pigpen Mountain rises to 458 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cane Creek Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31635058, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 458 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 17.0 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 21.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 24.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 24 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 24 mi
- Opera Box · 24 mi
- Devil's Head · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Volleyball: 7.4 mi
- Amphitheater: 7.4 mi
- Activity Field: 7.5 mi
- Campfire: 7.6 mi
- Archery Range: 7.6 mi
- Cane Creek Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Pigeon Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Lone Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Wease Knob: 1.1 mi
- Middle Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Somey Creek Falls: 2.5 mi
- Resurrection Falls: 3.5 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 6.3 mi
- Pot Branch Falls: 7.0 mi
- Black Mountain Falls: 8.0 mi
- Bostic Lincoln Center: 11.7 mi
- Bechtler House: 12.9 mi
- Bennett Classics Antique Auto Museum: 13.1 mi
- KidSenses Children's INTERACTIVE Museum: 13.2 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 14.3 mi
- Caboose: 11.7 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 15.7 mi
- Something Rotten: 15.8 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 15.8 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 15.8 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 14.3 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 16.9 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 17.0 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 17.3 mi
- Lattimore Caboose: 17.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 12.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 12.7 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 14.1 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 17.2 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 21.4 mi
- Swimming beach: 15.3 mi
- Boat beach: 15.4 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 18.4 mi
- Globe: 21.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 21.1 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 21.3 mi
- Fox Den: 23.1 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Pigpen Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | NE 39° | 918 m | 7.3 mi |
| Propst Mountain | NE 38° | 905 m | 7.5 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | NE 41° | 901 m | 7.9 mi |
| Skull Knob | NE 46° | 869 m | 7.4 mi |
| Silver Creek Knob | NNE 32° | 861 m | 4.3 mi |
| Swayback Knob | NE 34° | 827 m | 7.2 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | NE 45° | 820 m | 6.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 68° | 792 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marion, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357781969
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