Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 417 m in North Carolina. Silver Creek Knob stands 861 m to the northeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 992379).
Wikidata Q31635791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 417 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 17.8 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 18.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 22.6 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 21 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 21 mi
- Opera Box · 21 mi
- Devil's Head · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Volleyball: 4.7 mi
- Amphitheater: 4.7 mi
- Activity Field: 4.8 mi
- Campfire: 4.9 mi
- Archery Range: 4.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Camel Knob: 1.7 mi
- Lookadoo Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Scott Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Conoway Knob: 2.6 mi
- Somey Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- Resurrection Falls: 6.5 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 9.6 mi
- Pot Branch Falls: 10.4 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Bechtler House: 10.5 mi
- KidSenses Children's INTERACTIVE Museum: 10.7 mi
- Bostic Lincoln Center: 10.9 mi
- Bennett Classics Antique Auto Museum: 11.8 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 13.4 mi
- Caboose: 10.9 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 16.6 mi
- Something Rotten: 16.6 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 16.6 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 16.7 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 13.5 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 15.8 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 17.6 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 18.1 mi
- Lattimore Caboose: 18.7 mi
- Worlds Edge: 21.9 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 22.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 22.8 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.4 mi
- Gully Pipe: 22.0 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 22.3 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 23.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 24.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 11.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 11.3 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 17.0 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 18.0 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 19.9 mi
- Swimming beach: 16.4 mi
- Boat beach: 16.4 mi
- Globe: 18.6 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek Knob | NE 48° | 861 m | 7.2 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | W 279° | 762 m | 8.5 mi |
| Rich Mountain | W 280° | 755 m | 8.2 mi |
| Harris Mountain | W 273° | 751 m | 8.2 mi |
| Shoal Mountain | NE 51° | 724 m | 5.9 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | WNW 284° | 716 m | 7.5 mi |
| Devils Fork Mountain | ENE 58° | 714 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mike Mountain | W 279° | 699 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:40 | 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/357782275
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