Pine Mountain
Pine Mountain rises to 546 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellow Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31425567, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 546 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 12.5 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 21.3 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 22.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 21 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 23 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 23 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little River Falls: 5.3 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 5.5 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 6.1 mi
- Upper High Shoals Falls: 6.2 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
- Yellow Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Ironmonger Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Keller Knob: 1.9 mi
- Little Cedar Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Drexel Heritage Park: 4.1 mi
- Shuey Park: 4.6 mi
- Martha's Park: 4.8 mi
- Collett Street Recreation Center: 4.8 mi
- McCombs Park: 4.9 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 4.4 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 4.6 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 4.7 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 6.8 mi
- Hudson Depot Museum: 14.6 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 14.0 mi
- Four Trumpets: 17.1 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 17.2 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 17.3 mi
- Across the Grain: 17.4 mi
- Lake Hickory Attractions: 13.6 mi
- Something Rotten: 14.1 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 14.1 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 14.1 mi
- Wild Percussion: 14.2 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 4.7 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 5.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 18.2 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 19.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 20.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 20.4 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 20.8 mi
- Fox Den: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 8.9 mi
- Swimming beach: 13.2 mi
- Boat beach: 13.2 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 17.0 mi
- Gully Pipe: 17.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 20.5 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 24.9 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 17.4 mi
- Mortimer: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Pine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | SW 229° | 918 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hickory Knob | SW 225° | 907 m | 6.3 mi |
| Propst Mountain | SW 230° | 905 m | 7.0 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SW 227° | 901 m | 6.5 mi |
| Walker Top | SW 232° | 886 m | 4.3 mi |
| Benn Knob | S 181° | 882 m | 8.0 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | SSW 211° | 874 m | 5.7 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | SSW 206° | 870 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021925 — Pine Mountain, Burke County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808639
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 19 mi
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