Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 368 m in North Carolina. Benn Knob stands 882 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bostic Lincoln Center, a museum 3.2 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America; geonames ID = 4485468.
Wikidata Q31635804, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 368 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 15.0 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
- 23.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 27 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 27 mi
- Opera Box · 27 mi
- Devil's Head · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- James F. Crowe Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
- Pavillion on Park Square: 5.4 mi
- Charles R. Summey Park: 5.6 mi
- Frank West Park: 5.7 mi
- Hardin Road Park: 6.2 mi
- Jack Moore Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Cherry Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Tom Price Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Bridges Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Piney Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Bostic Lincoln Center: 3.2 mi
- Bennett Classics Antique Auto Museum: 5.5 mi
- Boiling Springs Historical Museum: 10.1 mi
- KidSenses Children's INTERACTIVE Museum: 10.1 mi
- Bechtler House: 10.1 mi
- Somey Creek Falls: 14.0 mi
- Pot Branch Falls: 14.1 mi
- Resurrection Falls: 14.3 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 14.9 mi
- Beautimos Falls: 15.1 mi
- Caboose: 3.2 mi
- Shelby Corn Maze: 7.7 mi
- Peachoid: 19.3 mi
- Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery: 21.2 mi
- Truck: 21.3 mi
- Lattimore Caboose: 7.3 mi
- Fallen Heroes Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Cowpens Monument: 15.8 mi
- Washington Light Infantry: 15.9 mi
- Veterans Monument: 24.1 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 23.1 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 23.5 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 24.0 mi
- Cleveland Preserve Farm: 24.8 mi
- Globe: 17.2 mi
- The Other Side Of The River: 22.3 mi
- Blacksburg: 22.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 23.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 23.4 mi
- Limestone Springs: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benn Knob | NNE 25° | 882 m | 15.4 mi |
| Silver Creek Knob | N 356° | 861 m | 15.2 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NNE 22° | 818 m | 15.9 mi |
| Painter Knob | NNE 28° | 807 m | 15.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNE 15° | 792 m | 15.0 mi |
| Shoal Mountain | N 353° | 724 m | 14.2 mi |
| Devils Fork Mountain | N 360° | 714 m | 14.3 mi |
| Printers Knob | NNE 27° | 698 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:40 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby 2 NW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1008509 — Piney Mountain, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357800508
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