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Pond Mountain

Pond Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pond Mountain rises to 1,511 m in North Carolina. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Spring Ridge, a peak 1.9 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 6.4 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31636362, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,511 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.57484, -81.65317

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Flat Spring Ridge: 1.9 mi
  • Brier Ridge: 1.9 mi
  • Bearpen Ridge: 2.0 mi
  • Catface Ridge: 2.4 mi
  • Burnt Hill: 2.5 mi
Parks: 35
Artworks: 14
  • Newman Basket Company: 8.6 mi
  • Heartwood: 21.1 mi
  • Wooly: 22.0 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 24.7 mi
  • Hellbenders: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Bluff Mountain Falls: 13.5 mi
Museums: 9
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 13.7 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 14.7 mi
  • Smyth County Museum: 19.4 mi
  • Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 20.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 7.8 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 8.6 mi
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 10.8 mi
  • Veteran's of all Service Branches: 20.0 mi
  • Nick Grindstaff monument: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 6
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Trials Playground: 13.7 mi
  • Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Elk Knob Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Potters Truck Stop: 17.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Boiling Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Cave Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Brig Spring: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RogersNE1,744 m8.4 mi
Wilburn RidgeNE1,689 m9.2 mi
Whitetop MountainNNE1,684 m5.1 mi
Pine MountainNE1,684 m9.3 mi
Buzzard RockNNE1,553 m4.6 mi
Little PinnacleENE1,551 m9.0 mi
Haw Orchard MountainENE1,526 m8.8 mi
Beech MountainNNE1,513 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:0920:1120:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3616:3517:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022027 — Pond Mountain, Ashe County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357808746

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