Peak · North Carolina
Pond Mountain
Pond Mountain rises to 1,511 m in North Carolina. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the northeast, 8.4 miles off. 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
- 1511 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.57484, -81.65317
- 6.4 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 21.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.6 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Jefferson View · 23 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 24 mi
- Betsy's Rock Falls · 24 mi
- Grandview Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Pond Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Flat Spring Ridge: 1.9 mi
- Brier Ridge: 1.9 mi
- Bearpen Ridge: 2.0 mi
- Catface Ridge: 2.4 mi
Parks: 37
- Laurel Creek Park: 8.7 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- Ralph Stout Park: 10.9 mi
- Ashe County Park: 13.9 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 14.3 mi
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
Historic sites: 10
- Another Way (ShortCut): 7.8 mi
- AT2020: 7.8 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 8.6 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 10.6 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 10.8 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
Nature reserves: 8
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 20.6 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 22.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 22.0 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 22.7 mi
Gardens: 7
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 11.3 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 21.1 mi
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 24.5 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 24.8 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 5
- Where Trails Cross: 8.2 mi
- Listening Rock: 8.6 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 8.8 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 8.8 mi
- Mountain Magic Resort: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Backbone Rock: 9.1 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 22.5 mi
- Hayes Bluff: 24.5 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 25.0 mi
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
- Elk Shoals: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rogers | NE 46° | 1,744 m | 8.4 mi |
| Wilburn Ridge | NE 54° | 1,689 m | 9.2 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,684 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NE 52° | 1,684 m | 9.3 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | NNE 26° | 1,553 m | 4.6 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | ENE 66° | 1,551 m | 9.0 mi |
| Grave Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,540 m | 9.9 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | ENE 65° | 1,526 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
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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