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Piney Mountain

Piney Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Piney Mountain rises to 662 m in North Carolina. Chestnutwood Mountain stands 1,112 m to the northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Harris Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 7.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1021964)

Wikidata Q31635707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
662 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.59512, -82.08066

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Creekwise Park: 4.8 mi
  • Glenwood Park: 5.8 mi
  • West Marion Community Park: 6.3 mi
  • Waterfall Park: 6.4 mi
  • Greenlee Park: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls
  • Standing Rock Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Hickory Branch Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Lower Catawaba Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Catawba Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Upper Catawba Falls: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 18
Attractions: 17
  • McDowell Tourism Authority: 6.1 mi
  • Buck Creek Trout Farm: 11.3 mi
  • Canopy Ridge Farm: 13.1 mi
  • Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 14.6 mi
  • Walk Like a Raccoon: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 8
  • Blue Ridge Assembly: 14.5 mi
  • Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 18.5 mi
  • Globe: 21.4 mi
  • Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 22.1 mi
  • Mosaic Mural: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 6
Springs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 4.6 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 4.7 mi
  • McDowell County Rest Area: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 15.8 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 16.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnutwood MountainNW 319°1,112 m8.0 mi
Greenlee MountainNNW 342°949 m7.0 mi
Long RidgeNNW 335°941 m6.8 mi
Wolf Pen MountainSW 228°929 m5.2 mi
Ditney KnobWSW 239°898 m6.7 mi
Jerdon MountainWNW 302°841 m7.8 mi
Hickorynut MountainSW 232°839 m3.0 mi
Hoover MountainNNW 347°835 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:40
June solstice06:1420:1020:48
September equinox07:1718:5319:27
December solstice07:3516:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370747367574740
Precip in4.23.64.24.54.85.44.86.25.74.13.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD FT 4 NE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1021964 — Piney Mountain, McDowell County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357808680

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