Roaringrock Mountain
Roaringrock Mountain rises to 975 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Nanny Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 1.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31638328, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 975 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 1.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 14.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 15.9 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Exclamation Point · 2 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 2 mi
- Devil's Head · 2 mi
- Opera Box · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nanny Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Knob: 0.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Shumont Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Round Top Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.8 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 1.4 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 1.9 mi
- Broad River Falls: 2.1 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 2.8 mi
- The Gathering Place: 1.4 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 1.9 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 1.9 mi
- Morse Park: 2.5 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 3.4 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 5.7 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 6.4 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 12.5 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 12.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 13.9 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 11.3 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 12.4 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 12.5 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 14.5 mi
- House of Flags: 14.8 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 9.9 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 15.4 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Spring Garden: 17.2 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 2.3 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 5.6 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 12.4 mi
- Southern X793: 14.7 mi
- Historical Downtown: 15.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 10.6 mi
- Globe: 16.2 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 16.3 mi
- Statue of Diana: 17.1 mi
- Wake: 18.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 3.4 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 3.9 mi
- The Pinnacles: 4.2 mi
- Worlds Edge: 4.3 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 13.0 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 5.0 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 14.1 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 15.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 9.3 mi
- Lenox Spring: 15.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.6 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 18.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 21.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 24.1 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Roaringrock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NW 305° | 1,341 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | W 271° | 1,281 m | 5.4 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NW 317° | 1,225 m | 4.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | S 187° | 1,208 m | 3.7 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | W 274° | 1,208 m | 4.8 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NW 312° | 1,160 m | 4.6 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,156 m | 1.1 mi |
| Dill Knob | NNW 340° | 1,155 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357808977
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 19 mi
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