Rich Mountain
Rich Mountain rises to 1,195 m in North Carolina. Mount Pisgah stands 1,744 m to the northwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States of America; geonames ID = 4487859
Wikidata Q31637991, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1195 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 4.4 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 4.4 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 13.1 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Poundingstone Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Funneltop Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Queen Creek Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Pilot Rock: 2.2 mi
- Johnny Tiller Falls: 1.5 mi
- Slate Rock Creek Falls: 1.6 mi
- Billy Branch Falls: 2.2 mi
- High Falls: 2.3 mi
- Bradley Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 4.6 mi
- Etowah Park: 7.6 mi
- City of Brevard Sports Complex: 7.6 mi
- Etowah School Road Stream Access: 8.4 mi
- Mills River Park: 8.6 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 4.1 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 6.4 mi
- Camp John Rock: 7.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 12.1 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 12.4 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 9.9 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 10.1 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 10.2 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 10.2 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 4.3 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 9.3 mi
- M1: 9.7 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 10.3 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 11.5 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 10.5 mi
- High Rocks: 12.1 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.7 mi
- Dunns Rock: 13.0 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 14.8 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 4.6 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 9.6 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 10.8 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 13.7 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 14.1 mi
- Berm Park: 12.6 mi
- Statue of Diana: 14.5 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 16.1 mi
- E. W. Pearson: 16.1 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 16.1 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 9.6 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 11.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 15.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 4.1 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 10.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 12.4 mi
- Lenox Spring: 13.7 mi
- Cool Spring: 22.5 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 6.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 23.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 8.8 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Rich Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | NW 321° | 1,744 m | 5.0 mi |
| Fryingpan Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,621 m | 4.4 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | NW 316° | 1,611 m | 3.6 mi |
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NW 326° | 1,611 m | 4.4 mi |
| Big Bald | WNW 299° | 1,588 m | 4.0 mi |
| Beech Knob | WNW 285° | 1,547 m | 4.7 mi |
| Green Knob | W 261° | 1,534 m | 5.7 mi |
| Fork Mountain | NW 312° | 1,452 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:43 | 17:23 |
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 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pisgah Forest 3 NE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1014861 — Rich Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357803392
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