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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: 17
Attractions: 16
  • 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
Nature reserves: 7
Artworks: 7
  • 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
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 MountainNW1,112 m8.0 mi
Greenlee MountainNNW949 m7.0 mi
Long RidgeNNW941 m6.8 mi
Wolf Pen MountainSW929 m5.2 mi
Ditney KnobWSW898 m6.7 mi
Jerdon MountainWNW841 m7.8 mi
Hickorynut MountainSW839 m3.0 mi
Hoover MountainNNW835 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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