Rich Mountain
Rich Mountain rises to 818 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the west-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Beautimos Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Burke County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31425736, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 818 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 18.4 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 27.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 26 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 27 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 28 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Benn Knob: 1.0 mi
- Painter Knob: 1.6 mi
- Printers Knob: 1.6 mi
- Bumgarther Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.0 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Jacob Fork Access: 3.0 mi
- South Mountains State Park: 4.7 mi
- Casar Park: 5.3 mi
- South Mountains State Park - Clear Creek Access: 6.4 mi
- George Hildebeand Community Park: 10.1 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 11.4 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 11.5 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 11.7 mi
- Metcalfe Station-Lawndale Historical Society: 12.7 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 13.0 mi
- Beautimos Falls: 0.9 mi
- Black Mountain Falls: 1.8 mi
- Upper High Shoals Falls: 2.4 mi
- High Shoals Falls: 2.4 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 2.7 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 18.6 mi
- Historic Beginnings: 21.5 mi
- Martin Luther: 22.5 mi
- Four Trumpets: 24.2 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 24.2 mi
- Something Rotten: 17.4 mi
- Caboose: 17.4 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 17.5 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 17.5 mi
- Wild Percussion: 17.6 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 11.8 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 11.9 mi
- Lattimore Caboose: 17.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Observation Deck: 16.0 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 19.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.9 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 7.7 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 11.9 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 24.8 mi
- Fox Den: 15.1 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 15.3 mi
- Swimming beach: 16.6 mi
- Boat beach: 16.7 mi
- Gully Pipe: 21.8 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 21.8 mi
- Community Gardens: 23.8 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Rich Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | WNW 298° | 918 m | 5.2 mi |
| Hickory Knob | NW 307° | 907 m | 4.6 mi |
| Propst Mountain | WNW 301° | 905 m | 5.3 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | NW 305° | 901 m | 4.9 mi |
| Walker Top | NNW 330° | 886 m | 5.3 mi |
| Benn Knob | SE 139° | 882 m | 1.0 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | NW 317° | 874 m | 3.2 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | NW 316° | 870 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:08 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:39 | 17:18 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022268 — Rich Mountain, Burke County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808942
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- Hickory · 22 mi
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