Queens Mountain
Queens Mountain rises to 504 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is South Mountains State Park, a park 1.6 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31425674, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 504 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 21.6 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 27.3 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 28.6 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- South Mountains State Park: 1.6 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 3.8 mi
- Casar Park: 4.4 mi
- George Hildebeand Community Park: 6.4 mi
- Belwood Recreation Center Ii: 6.9 mi
- Old Sheep Knob: 1.9 mi
- High Rock: 2.6 mi
- Brushy Knob: 2.8 mi
- Carpenter Knob: 2.8 mi
- Swenk Knob: 2.8 mi
- Metcalfe Station-Lawndale Historical Society: 10.2 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 12.2 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 13.4 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 13.7 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 13.8 mi
- Upper High Shoals Falls: 3.7 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 3.7 mi
- Little River Falls: 3.9 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 4.2 mi
- Beautimos Falls: 6.0 mi
- Historic Beginnings: 17.6 mi
- Martin Luther: 18.5 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Four Trumpets: 23.9 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 23.9 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 13.7 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 14.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Old Hickory Tavern: 17.6 mi
- Lattimore Caboose: 17.9 mi
- Lake Hickory Attractions: 15.7 mi
- Shelby Corn Maze: 19.8 mi
- Caboose: 20.2 mi
- Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 21.4 mi
- Something Rotten: 21.9 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 10.1 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 14.0 mi
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 23.7 mi
- Fox Den: 14.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 14.4 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.1 mi
- Boat beach: 21.1 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Queens Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | WNW 288° | 918 m | 10.4 mi |
| Hickory Knob | WNW 291° | 907 m | 9.6 mi |
| Propst Mountain | WNW 289° | 905 m | 10.4 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | WNW 291° | 901 m | 9.9 mi |
| Walker Top | WNW 304° | 886 m | 9.5 mi |
| Benn Knob | W 269° | 882 m | 4.6 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | WNW 292° | 874 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | WNW 290° | 870 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vale AG 2 SW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808806
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 18 mi
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