Raccoon Mountain
Raccoon Mountain rises to 656 m in North Carolina. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,208 m to the north-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Game Land Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Pacolet River Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31636854, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 656 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 6.9 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 10.4 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Head · 9 mi
- Exclamation Point · 9 mi
- Opera Box · 9 mi
- Vista Rock · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Game Land Falls: 0.4 mi
- Milton Bradley Falls: 1.5 mi
- Bradley Cooper Falls: 1.7 mi
- Marilou Bradley Falls: 1.7 mi
- Emily Falls: 1.8 mi
- Chimneytop: 1.3 mi
- McCraw Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Laurel Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Rich Mountain: 2.3 mi
- McCreery Park: 5.5 mi
- Harmon Field: 5.9 mi
- Stearns Park: 6.4 mi
- Veterans Park: 6.5 mi
- Edneyville Community Park: 6.6 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 6.4 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 6.4 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 6.9 mi
- Ruins Of A Portable Saw Mill: 8.4 mi
- Blockhouse marker: 8.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 8.0 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 19.9 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 21.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 5.4 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 6.4 mi
- House of Flags: 6.5 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 7.1 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 7.9 mi
- Orange Bear: 11.1 mi
- Globe: 12.9 mi
- Maria: 17.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 20.7 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 21.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 5.1 mi
- The Pinnacles: 6.9 mi
- Worlds Edge: 7.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 7.2 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Southern X793: 9.2 mi
- Historical Downtown: 9.4 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 9.4 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 10.4 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 10.8 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 8.1 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 9.9 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Lenox Spring: 9.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 19.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Raccoon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNE 11° | 1,208 m | 7.4 mi |
| Stony Mountain | N 9° | 1,039 m | 8.2 mi |
| Poplar Mountain | N 6° | 991 m | 6.2 mi |
| Tryon Peak | SE 130° | 986 m | 3.8 mi |
| Wildcat Spur | NNE 21° | 971 m | 5.5 mi |
| White Oak Mountain | ESE 107° | 940 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cliffield Mountain | N 358° | 918 m | 2.8 mi |
| Point Lookout Mountain | N 353° | 904 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:42 | 17:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tryon, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808810
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- Asheville · 24 mi
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