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Piney Mountain

Piney Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Piney Mountain rises to 888 m in North Carolina. Mount Pisgah stands 1,744 m to the south-southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Peggy Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America; geonames ID = 4485476

Wikidata Q31635854, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
888 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.51705, -82.72457

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls
  • Bee Branch Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Bradley Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Slate Rock Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Upper Thompson Ridge Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Lower Thompson Ridge Falls: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 34
Gardens: 28
  • Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Holly Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Plants of Promise Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Stream Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Bonsai Garden: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 17
Artworks: 16
  • Berm Park: 4.4 mi
  • E. W. Pearson: 9.1 mi
  • TebbeArt Studios: 9.7 mi
  • JMK236 Studio: 9.8 mi
  • Foundation Graffiti Park: 9.8 mi
Museums: 16
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Asheville Pinball Museum: 10.9 mi
  • Shook Museum: 10.9 mi
  • Asheville Museum of Science: 11.0 mi
  • Asheville Art Museum: 11.1 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • Pisgah Picnic: 7.4 mi
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Cold Springs Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 5
Covered bridges: 2
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 3.7 mi
  • Covered Bridge Trail: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 6.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahSSW 196°1,744 m6.6 mi
Little Pisgah MountainS 190°1,611 m6.6 mi
Twelve O'Clock TopSW 233°1,464 m5.3 mi
Rocky Face MountainSW 230°1,420 m5.5 mi
Rockyface MountainNNW 328°1,396 m5.9 mi
Candler KnobS 184°1,381 m5.9 mi
Stony BaldS 180°1,363 m5.5 mi
Grassy TopNW 314°1,271 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0919:43
June solstice06:1720:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5619:29
December solstice07:3716:4317:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046556369737266564639
Precip in3.63.04.04.03.84.24.24.24.42.93.23.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Candler 1 W, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021963 — Piney Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357808678

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