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Piney Mountain

Piney Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Piney Mountain rises to 515 m in North Carolina. Tryon Peak stands 986 m to the north, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Rogers Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Pacolet River Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Polk County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1021958)

Wikidata Q31635755, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
515 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.21011, -82.25512

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rogers Park: 0.7 mi
  • Depot Garden Park: 0.9 mi
  • Woodland Park: 0.9 mi
  • Harmon Field: 1.1 mi
  • Stearns Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Sillers Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Blue Wall Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Melrose Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Hemlock Shoals: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Melrose Falls: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 51
  • Blockhouse marker: 2.4 mi
  • Ruins Of A Portable Saw Mill: 2.7 mi
  • Blue Ridge Forest Swimming Pool: 3.6 mi
  • Blue Ridge Forest Tennis Courts: 3.7 mi
  • Blue Ridge Forest Clubhouse: 3.7 mi
Artworks: 17
  • Orange Bear: 5.4 mi
  • Maria: 11.4 mi
  • Globe: 11.8 mi
  • Lake Robinson RV Park: 15.2 mi
  • Chicken Statue: 18.2 mi
Museums: 16
  • Tryon Historical Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Polk County History Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Landrum Depot: 4.2 mi
  • House of Flags: 4.3 mi
  • Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Pacolet River Passenger Car: 4.2 mi
  • Historical Downtown: 13.7 mi
  • Southern X793: 13.7 mi
  • Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 14.8 mi
  • Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 15.2 mi
Gardens: 14
Cliffs: 13
Nature reserves: 10
Picnic sites: 9
  • 3: 19.4 mi
  • 2: 19.4 mi
  • 4: 19.4 mi
  • 1: 19.5 mi
  • 5: 19.5 mi
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tryon PeakN 9°986 m3.9 mi
Hogback MountainSW 218°978 m3.4 mi
White Oak MountainNNE 25°940 m5.4 mi
Rich MountainSW 231°922 m5.9 mi
Bryant MountainSW 229°921 m7.0 mi
Cliffield MountainNNW 346°918 m9.4 mi
Hoghead MountainSW 227°893 m4.7 mi
Evans MountainW 261°853 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:41
June solstice06:1620:1020:48
September equinox07:1818:5419:27
December solstice07:3416:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606774787671615144
Precip in5.34.55.55.35.35.55.56.15.64.94.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tryon, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021958 — Piney Mountain, Polk County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357808669

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