Pine Mountain
Pine Mountain rises to 907 m in North Carolina. Craggy Pinnacle stands 1,780 m to the east, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Raven Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31635321, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 907 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 8.9 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 11.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Raven Knob: 1.0 mi
- Ray Knob: 1.3 mi
- Lovelace Knob: 1.4 mi
- North Knob: 1.4 mi
- Vance Knob: 1.5 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 4.9 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 5.0 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 5.2 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 5.8 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 7.2 mi
- Douglas Falls: 5.5 mi
- Cascades Falls: 5.7 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 5.8 mi
- Walker Falls: 7.2 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 7.6 mi
- Tennis Court: 3.4 mi
- Spring House: 3.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 3.4 mi
- Swimming Pool: 3.4 mi
- Tool Shed: 3.5 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 7.4 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 11.2 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 11.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 6.7 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 9.6 mi
- Deco Gecko: 9.6 mi
- Passage: 9.7 mi
- Wake: 10.0 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 5.7 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 8.7 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 9.4 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 9.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 9.5 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 3.9 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 5.8 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 8.9 mi
- Ironland: 9.6 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 12.7 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 5.0 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 7.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 10.6 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 10.3 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 15.3 mi
- Vann Cliff: 22.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.1 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 23.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 11.3 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 11.7 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 12.2 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 16.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 18.4 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.8 mi
- Lost Cove: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Pine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Pinnacle | E 100° | 1,780 m | 5.4 mi |
| Craggy Knob | ESE 111° | 1,699 m | 5.3 mi |
| Snowball Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,626 m | 3.8 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | ESE 105° | 1,603 m | 4.6 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | SE 130° | 1,583 m | 3.8 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSE 148° | 1,500 m | 3.0 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | ESE 102° | 1,499 m | 3.4 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | SE 137° | 1,493 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808641
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