Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 754 m in North Carolina. Bearwallow Mountain stands 1,281 m to the north, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1021960).
Wikidata Q31635645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 754 m
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 7.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 2.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 8.1 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 8 mi
- Exclamation Point · 8 mi
- Devil's Head · 8 mi
- Opera Box · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oleta Falls: 1.4 mi
- Upper Hungry River Falls: 3.8 mi
- Lower Hungry River Falls: 4.2 mi
- Case Falls: 4.5 mi
- Briefcase Falls: 4.5 mi
- Edneyville Community Park: 2.4 mi
- Jackson Park: 5.6 mi
- William H. King Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: 6.3 mi
- The Park at Flat Rock: 6.4 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bradley Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Jones Knob: 1.9 mi
- Kings Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Henderson Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 2.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 6.5 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 9.2 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 11.0 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 11.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 6.3 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 16.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 16.7 mi
- Spring Garden: 16.7 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 5.5 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 6.4 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 8.1 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 8.6 mi
- House of Flags: 11.4 mi
- Southern X793: 6.1 mi
- Historical Downtown: 6.4 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 8.3 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 8.6 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 11.1 mi
- The Pinnacles: 5.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 5.7 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Worlds Edge: 6.5 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Orange Bear: 16.1 mi
- Statue of Diana: 16.7 mi
- Globe: 16.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 17.0 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 19.3 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 5.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 10.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 7.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 16.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 24.5 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 24.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 22.7 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 10.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 17.6 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearwallow Mountain | N 360° | 1,281 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NE 54° | 1,208 m | 6.1 mi |
| Turkey Knob | N 357° | 1,136 m | 6.7 mi |
| Bank Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,128 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bald Top Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,086 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hightop Mountain | NW 316° | 1,082 m | 6.2 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NE 46° | 1,039 m | 6.5 mi |
| Couch Mountain | NW 304° | 1,013 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:42 | 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 | 37 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hendersonville 1 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808673
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- Asheville · 19 mi
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