Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill rises to 695 m in North Carolina. Rocky Knob stands 1,433 m to the east-northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Geneva Maney Park, a park 0.6 miles away. French Broad Overview passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31638134, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 695 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 5.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Drovers Road
- 14.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Geneva Maney Park: 0.6 mi
- Silver Line Park: 0.6 mi
- Highland Park: 1.1 mi
- Montford Park: 1.2 mi
- Woodfin Riverside Park: 1.3 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Dryman Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Gouch Peak: 2.5 mi
- Reynolds Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Pleasant Knob: 2.7 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 5.0 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Cascades Falls: 13.7 mi
- Douglas Falls: 13.8 mi
- Bee Branch Falls: 15.5 mi
- Giving Tree Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Riverside Cemetery Marker: 1.7 mi
- 1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery Marker: 1.8 mi
- Jeter C. Pritchard Historical Marker: 2.0 mi
- Anne Penland: 2.2 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 2.4 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
- Italian Garden: 5.6 mi
- Shrub Garden: 5.7 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 2.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 2.3 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 2.3 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 2.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 2.5 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 1.0 mi
- Ironland: 2.3 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 4.2 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 5.1 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 13.0 mi
- The Ties That Bind Asheville: 2.1 mi
- Passage: 2.2 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 2.3 mi
- Deco Gecko: 2.3 mi
- rooster: 2.3 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 13.2 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 13.4 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 10.0 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 16.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 19.5 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 21.2 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.6 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 18.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 18.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 22.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 17.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.8 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 9.6 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Richmond Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Knob | ENE 64° | 1,433 m | 8.6 mi |
| Courthouse Knob | NE 55° | 1,322 m | 8.8 mi |
| High Swan | ENE 67° | 1,300 m | 8.0 mi |
| Rice Knob | ENE 63° | 1,219 m | 6.0 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | NNE 31° | 1,172 m | 8.5 mi |
| Big Cedar Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,159 m | 8.5 mi |
| Peach Knob | ENE 72° | 1,150 m | 5.3 mi |
| Wiley Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,135 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022281 — Richmond Hill, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808956
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