Pixie Mountain
Pixie Mountain rises to 1,235 m in North Carolina. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Rock, a peak 1.2 miles away. Little Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Pixie Mountain is a mountain in the North Carolina High Country, in the community of Linville. Its elevation reaches 4,058 feet (1,237 m). The mountain is adjacent to the Linville River. The Linville Bypass (NC 181) goes around Pixie Mountain on its western side; while the majority of the Linville community is on its East and North.
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Wikidata Q7199738, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1235 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Little Parkway
- 1.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 6.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Little Bald Overlook · 1 mi
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Lost Cove Cliffs Overlook (MP 310) · 2 mi
- Stack Rock Parking Area · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Flat Rock: 1.2 mi
- Brier Knob: 1.4 mi
- Moore Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Bald: 1.7 mi
- Grandmother Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Point Park: 1.6 mi
- Norris Clifton Park: 2.7 mi
- Avery County Recreation Complex: 3.2 mi
- Avery Square: 3.3 mi
- Roby Shomaker Wetlands and Family Recreation Park: 3.4 mi
- Andrews Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Upper Little Lost Cove Falls: 3.8 mi
- Little Lost Cove Falls: 3.8 mi
- North Harper Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
- Chestnut Cove Branch Falls: 4.6 mi
- The Gardener: 12.1 mi
- Jessie: 12.2 mi
- The Market on Oak: 14.7 mi
- Mosaic Mural: 14.7 mi
- Art & Frame Store: 14.7 mi
- Stack Rock: 3.7 mi
- Linn Cove Viaduct: 4.2 mi
- Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 5.2 mi
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 8.8 mi
- Linville Caverns: 10.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 2.2 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 2.9 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 3.2 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 3.4 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 3.5 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 3.0 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 3.2 mi
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 8.7 mi
- Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 9.6 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 11.9 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 8.5 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 11.8 mi
- Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 14.4 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 14.8 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 15.0 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 15.2 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 15.2 mi
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 15.2 mi
- Woods Walk: 2.7 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 4.2 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 6.2 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 7.4 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 12.0 mi
- Shanty Springs: 4.8 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 5.7 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 15.7 mi
- Gully Pipe: 16.0 mi
- Hampton Spring: 22.6 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 14.7 mi
- Boat beach: 21.5 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.5 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 21.8 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 8.5 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Mortimer: 8.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Pixie Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calloway Peak | NE 47° | 1,804 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sugar Mountain | N 1° | 1,585 m | 4.3 mi |
| Hanging Rock | NNE 25° | 1,582 m | 7.0 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,502 m | 3.8 mi |
| Peak Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,473 m | 5.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ENE 62° | 1,466 m | 5.8 mi |
| Big Haw Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,425 m | 4.7 mi |
| Grandmother Mountain | E 88° | 1,408 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 59 | 49 | 40 | 34 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grandfather MTN, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808719
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 28 mi
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