Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 875 m in North Carolina. Rocky Knob stands 1,433 m to the northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cisco Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1021965).
Wikidata Q31635571, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 875 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.8 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 8.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 11.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Louise Falls: 6.7 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- Cascades Falls: 11.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 11.8 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 13.8 mi
- Cisco Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Beaucatcher Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Sunset Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Patton Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Bull Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Haw Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- Charlie L. Bullman Park: 1.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr Park: 1.3 mi
- Albermarle Park: 1.3 mi
- Kenilworth Forest Neighborhood Park: 1.3 mi
- Overlook Castle: 1.0 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 1.6 mi
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 1.6 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 1.7 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 3.7 mi
- Italian Garden: 4.4 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 1.6 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 1.7 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 1.7 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 1.9 mi
- Ironland: 1.8 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 2.7 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 4.4 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 4.5 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 11.8 mi
- Deco Gecko: 1.8 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 1.8 mi
- Wake: 1.9 mi
- Passage: 2.0 mi
- rooster: 2.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 11.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 11.7 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 7.5 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.2 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 19.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 19.7 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 15.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.9 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 18.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 18.6 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 22.9 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 10.0 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 15.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Knob | NE 40° | 1,433 m | 6.5 mi |
| Richland Mountain | NE 35° | 1,429 m | 7.0 mi |
| Richland Knob | NE 35° | 1,429 m | 7.0 mi |
| Courthouse Knob | NNE 31° | 1,322 m | 7.3 mi |
| High Swan | NE 42° | 1,300 m | 5.9 mi |
| High Hickory Knob | ESE 103° | 1,231 m | 7.4 mi |
| Rice Knob | NNE 26° | 1,219 m | 4.3 mi |
| Rock Knob | NE 56° | 1,199 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808682
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- Asheville · 2 mi
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