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Reese Mountain

Reese Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Reese Mountain rises to 325 m in North Carolina. Bakers Mountain stands 535 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Harper Park, a park 4.2 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 16 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31637613, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
325 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.42791, -81.11313

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harper Park: 4.2 mi
  • Stanley Park: 4.6 mi
  • R.M. Thompson Park: 4.7 mi
  • High Shoals Park Ii: 5.2 mi
  • Verdict Ridge Park: 5.9 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Balls Creek Campground: 13.9 mi
  • Caboose: 15.4 mi
  • Queens Landing: 15.9 mi
  • F-4 Phantom II: 16.4 mi
  • Camel Rides: 19.2 mi
Historic sites: 51
Museums: 41
Gardens: 23
Peaks: 18
Beaches: 5
  • SHOAL: 9.5 mi
  • SHOAL: 10.1 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 12.1 mi
  • South Point Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Eastbound MM 136: 20.6 mi
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Westbound MM 136: 20.9 mi
  • Observation Deck: 23.0 mi
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Shoals: 5.5 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Reese Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bakers MountainNW 314°535 m22.9 mi
Kings PinnacleSW 217°520 m18.9 mi
Anderson MountainN 8°471 m9.7 mi
Buffalo KnobWNW 291°459 m24.1 mi
Crowders MountainSW 214°458 m16.3 mi
Lynn MountainWNW 303°424 m22.1 mi
Little MountainNNE 13°409 m11.2 mi
Little KnobWNW 289°407 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0319:36
June solstice06:1020:0620:44
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:3016:3717:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653626977817974635245
Precip in3.83.33.63.53.54.33.54.53.73.43.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gastonia, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 993217 — Reese Mountain, Lincoln County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357783379

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