Roan Horse Top
Roan Horse Top rises to 701 m in North Carolina. Shumont Mountain stands 1,156 m to the west-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31638302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 701 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 9.0 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.7 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 14.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 8 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 8 mi
- Opera Box · 8 mi
- Devil's Head · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Medford Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Wolf Pen Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Dicks Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Fork Knob: 2.2 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 1.3 mi
- Broad River Falls: 7.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 7.7 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 7.8 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 8.0 mi
- Waterfall Park: 1.3 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 4.0 mi
- Morse Park: 7.3 mi
- Lindley Park: 7.6 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 7.6 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 7.9 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 7.9 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 11.8 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 13.7 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 7.8 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 7.8 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 7.9 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 11.8 mi
- Historic Carson House: 13.0 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 6.8 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 7.8 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 8.0 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 15.9 mi
- Caboose: 20.7 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 11.7 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 21.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 21.4 mi
- Terrace garden: 22.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 12.0 mi
- Globe: 16.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 19.5 mi
- Statue of Diana: 22.5 mi
- Wake: 23.2 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 7.4 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 14.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 15.6 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 19.3 mi
- Worlds Edge: 10.2 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 10.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 10.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 10.7 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 14.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 14.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 23.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 11.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 11.2 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 18.4 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 20.1 mi
- Boat beach: 22.1 mi
- Swimming beach: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Roan Horse Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shumont Mountain | WSW 237° | 1,156 m | 6.3 mi |
| Rocky Knob | W 281° | 1,052 m | 8.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,049 m | 4.3 mi |
| Cross Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,044 m | 6.4 mi |
| Weed Patch Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,039 m | 4.5 mi |
| Cedar Knob | SW 235° | 1,021 m | 7.0 mi |
| Stone Mountain | W 270° | 998 m | 4.7 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | WSW 240° | 993 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808974
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 23 mi
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