Razor Mountain
Razor Mountain rises to 1,157 m in North Carolina. Big Butt stands 1,807 m to the east-southeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Campground Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31637364, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1157 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 5.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.1 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 14.4 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Campground Knob: 1.2 mi
- Moody Knob: 1.7 mi
- Tharp Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.9 mi
- Cold Knob: 2.0 mi
- Walker Falls: 4.9 mi
- Falling Water Branch Falls: 6.2 mi
- Douglas Falls: 6.3 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 6.8 mi
- Cascades Falls: 6.8 mi
- Mars Hill Recreation Park: 8.0 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 9.2 mi
- Burnsville Town Square: 10.2 mi
- Upper Laurel Community Center Park: 10.2 mi
- Ray–Cort Recreation Park: 10.5 mi
- Tennis Court: 9.6 mi
- Spring House: 9.7 mi
- Tool Shed: 9.7 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 9.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 11.4 mi
- Terrace garden: 11.4 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 12.9 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 14.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Friends: 10.1 mi
- Stream: 10.1 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 10.1 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 10.1 mi
- Rock Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 7.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 8.9 mi
- McElroy House: 10.1 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 10.1 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 11.6 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 21.7 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 21.9 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 22.2 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 22.5 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 1.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 3.1 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 15.4 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 15.7 mi
- Ironland: 16.4 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 9.6 mi
- Rocky Knob: 10.5 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 14.2 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 14.2 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 10.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 11.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 16.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 23.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 8.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
- Lost Cove: 18.4 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Razor Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Butt | ESE 108° | 1,807 m | 4.2 mi |
| Point Misery | ESE 119° | 1,736 m | 5.1 mi |
| Flat Spring Knob | ESE 102° | 1,728 m | 4.3 mi |
| Little Butt | ESE 116° | 1,708 m | 4.6 mi |
| Walker Knob | SE 132° | 1,665 m | 6.0 mi |
| Ogle Ridge | ENE 67° | 1,664 m | 3.5 mi |
| Coxcomb Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,655 m | 2.6 mi |
| Licklog Mountain | NE 55° | 1,570 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022177 — Razor Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808863
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