Pinnacle Mountain
Pinnacle Mountain rises to 762 m in North Carolina. Wolf Pen Mountain stands 929 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 9.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31635988, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 762 m
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 11.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 14.9 mi off the Drovers Road
- 16.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 14 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 14 mi
- Opera Box · 14 mi
- Devil's Head · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glenwood Park: 6.1 mi
- Waterfall Park: 7.0 mi
- Creekwise Park: 7.9 mi
- Activity Field: 8.5 mi
- Volleyball: 8.5 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 7.0 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 12.5 mi
- Catawba Falls: 12.5 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 12.6 mi
- Somey Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- Long Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Rich Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Grassy Knob: 0.4 mi
- Harris Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.2 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 10.3 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 10.4 mi
- Historic Carson House: 11.0 mi
- Bechtler House: 12.1 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 10.3 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.7 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 13.4 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 16.1 mi
- Caboose: 16.5 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 10.0 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 10.3 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 10.6 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 11.9 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 18.0 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 11.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 17.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 17.8 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 19.7 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 23.0 mi
- Worlds Edge: 15.3 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 15.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 16.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.6 mi
- Gully Pipe: 22.1 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 22.4 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 17.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 17.3 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 23.4 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 23.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 7.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 7.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 7.5 mi
- Globe: 17.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 17.3 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 20.8 mi
- Boat beach: 17.6 mi
- Swimming beach: 17.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.5 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Pinnacle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Pen Mountain | W 278° | 929 m | 6.1 mi |
| Ditney Knob | W 276° | 898 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | WNW 298° | 839 m | 5.2 mi |
| Youngs Mountain | WSW 243° | 819 m | 8.5 mi |
| Flint Knob | W 268° | 778 m | 8.8 mi |
| Logan Mountain | W 276° | 776 m | 9.4 mi |
| Fork Knob | W 265° | 767 m | 8.3 mi |
| Rich Mountain | ENE 74° | 755 m | 0.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD FT 4 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023582 — Pinnacle, McDowell County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809729
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 29 mi
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