Pinnacle Mountain
Pinnacle Mountain rises to 1,185 m in North Carolina. Clingmans Peak stands 1,981 m to the east-southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Cliff Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31635966, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1185 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 11.3 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 11.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Cliff Knob: 0.8 mi
- Sheepwallow Knob: 0.9 mi
- Pigpen Knob: 1.0 mi
- High Knob: 1.4 mi
- Ingraham Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Welsh Field: 9.7 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 10.1 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 10.4 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 10.5 mi
- Walker Falls: 1.9 mi
- Douglas Falls: 3.2 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 3.7 mi
- Cascades Falls: 3.8 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 5.1 mi
- Tennis Court: 7.9 mi
- Spring House: 7.9 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 7.9 mi
- Tool Shed: 7.9 mi
- Potato House: 7.9 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 10.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 10.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 11.7 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 12.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 11.3 mi
- Friends: 11.3 mi
- Stream: 11.4 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 11.4 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 11.4 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 6.7 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 10.1 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 11.0 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 11.4 mi
- McElroy House: 11.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 2.6 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 3.8 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 13.2 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 14.8 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 14.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 3.2 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 6.4 mi
- Rocky Knob: 7.4 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 13.4 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 16.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 19.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.9 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 24.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 7.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 8.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 13.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 6.7 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 10.5 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 20.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 23.9 mi
- Lost Cove: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Pinnacle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clingmans Peak | ESE 112° | 1,981 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | ESE 109° | 1,971 m | 5.9 mi |
| Potato Knob | ESE 116° | 1,946 m | 5.8 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | ESE 118° | 1,910 m | 4.2 mi |
| Craggy Dome | SSE 167° | 1,853 m | 4.3 mi |
| Patton Knob | ESE 118° | 1,828 m | 5.1 mi |
| Big Butt | ENE 58° | 1,807 m | 2.5 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,798 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808714
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