Rice Pinnacle
Rice Pinnacle rises to 883 m in North Carolina. Fork Mountain stands 1,221 m to the southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaverdam Wildlife Restoration Area, a park 0.6 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31637694, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 883 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 12.1 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 12.6 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
- French Broad River Overlook · 2 mi
- French Broad Overlook · 2 mi
- Sleepy Gap Parking · 4 mi
- View Chesnut Cove · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Beaverdam Wildlife Restoration Area: 0.6 mi
- North Carolina Arboretum: 1.8 mi
- Powhatan Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
- Bent Creek River Park: 2.3 mi
- Buncombe County Sports Park: 2.4 mi
- Scott Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Wolf Knob: 1.3 mi
- LR 606: 1.7 mi
- Little Hickory Top: 2.1 mi
- Wise Knob: 2.6 mi
- Bee Branch Falls: 8.4 mi
- Slate Rock Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
- Johnny Tiller Falls: 9.6 mi
- Bradley Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
- Lower Thompson Ridge Falls: 11.1 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 4.8 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 6.6 mi
- Anne Penland: 6.7 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 6.8 mi
- Young Men's Institute: 6.8 mi
- Holly Garden: 1.8 mi
- Baker Garden: 1.9 mi
- Heritage Garden: 1.9 mi
- Quilt Garden: 1.9 mi
- Stream Garden: 1.9 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 3.6 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 4.0 mi
- Ironland: 6.7 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 7.4 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 7.4 mi
- Statue of Diana: 4.7 mi
- E. W. Pearson: 5.0 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 5.2 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 5.2 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 5.3 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 6.7 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 6.7 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 6.8 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 6.9 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 6.9 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 8.8 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 16.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 16.5 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 8.1 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 15.3 mi
- High Rocks: 18.0 mi
- Raven Cliff: 19.4 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 17.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 18.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 23.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 24.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 10.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 7.1 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 23.6 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 2.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Rice Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Mountain | SW 224° | 1,221 m | 6.3 mi |
| Shell Knob | SW 224° | 1,221 m | 6.3 mi |
| Ferrin Knob | SSW 212° | 1,211 m | 4.8 mi |
| Young Pisgah Mountain | SW 229° | 1,197 m | 5.2 mi |
| Green Top | SSW 213° | 1,146 m | 4.1 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSW 212° | 1,128 m | 4.3 mi |
| Billy Cove Knob | SW 218° | 1,126 m | 3.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | S 191° | 1,121 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:43 | 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 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville 8 SSW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808910
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- Asheville · 6 mi
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