Rector Butt
Rector Butt rises to 1,090 m in North Carolina. Bluff Mountain stands 1,430 m to the west, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Creek Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31637390, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,090 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 6.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 8.6 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 15.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 5 mi
- Tanbark Ridge Overlook (MP 376.7) · 22 mi
- Haw Creek Valley (MP 380.0) · 23 mi
- Bull Creek Valley Overlook (MP 373.8) · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barnard Park: 3.2 mi
- Rich-Laurel Wildlife Area: 7.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Branch Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Paint Creek Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
- Andrew Johnson Wildlife Management Area: 10.4 mi
- Spring Creek Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Divide Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Hap Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Horse Knob: 2.2 mi
- Fradys Rough: 2.2 mi
- Needles Falls: 3.5 mi
- Spring Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Cliff Dwellers Cascade: 8.9 mi
- Ricker Branch Falls: 10.0 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 4.7 mi
- Declaration of Independence: 7.3 mi
- US Constitution: 7.3 mi
- Bill of Rights: 7.3 mi
- Shelton Laurel Massacre: 8.4 mi
- Berm Park: 20.2 mi
- E. W. Pearson: 21.0 mi
- The Ties That Bind Asheville: 21.2 mi
- Passage: 21.4 mi
- rooster: 21.4 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 14.5 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 16.4 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 20.3 mi
- Shook Museum: 21.2 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 21.3 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 20.2 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 21.0 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 21.3 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 21.7 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 22.5 mi
- Vann Cliff: 2.8 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 9.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 15.5 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 4.9 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 20.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 20.8 mi
- Ironland: 21.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 21.7 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 5.2 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 9.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.6 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 13.4 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 19.5 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 10.2 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Overlook Access: 10.8 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 8.1 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 19.4 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 20.5 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 24.9 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 19.6 mi
- Wasp: 7.2 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Rector Butt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Mountain | W 281° | 1,430 m | 5.5 mi |
| Tennessee Bluff | W 281° | 1,406 m | 6.1 mi |
| Rough Knob | SW 229° | 1,381 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mikes Knob | S 188° | 1,378 m | 6.7 mi |
| Doggett Knob | S 187° | 1,352 m | 7.4 mi |
| Dick Knob | S 189° | 1,345 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mule Stomp | SW 226° | 1,307 m | 8.2 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSW 203° | 1,295 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:14 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:42 | 17:22 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HOT Springs, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808866
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 22 mi
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