Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain rises to 899 m in North Carolina. Little Panthertail Mountain stands 1,160 m to the west-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodruff Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1022370).
Wikidata Q31425796, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 899 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 1.1 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 6.5 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 10.5 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 6 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 11 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 12 mi
- Fetterbush Overlook (MP 421.7) · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Champion Park: 1.5 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 9.5 mi
- Franklin Park: 9.7 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 10.0 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 10.8 mi
- Claypole Branch Falls: 1.7 mi
- Diamond Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Eastatoe Falls: 2.0 mi
- Plaid Falls: 2.4 mi
- Second Falls: 2.4 mi
- Woodruff Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Frozen Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Quebec Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Claypole Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Panther Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Camp John Rock: 11.2 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 12.5 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 12.6 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 15.2 mi
- Jennings Mill: 17.3 mi
- Dunns Rock: 7.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 8.1 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 10.4 mi
- El Lieutenant: 10.6 mi
- Raven Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 9.5 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 11.3 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 15.8 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 18.6 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 18.8 mi
- M1: 9.5 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 12.3 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 13.8 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 15.8 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 18.7 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 18.0 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 19.4 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 20.1 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 20.2 mi
- South: 22.1 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 4.0 mi
- Moody Spring: 18.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.5 mi
- Lenox Spring: 24.5 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- English Garden: 18.6 mi
- Common Gardening: 22.0 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 23.0 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 10.0 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 11.7 mi
- North Beach: 20.5 mi
- South Beach: 22.1 mi
- Ear: 22.6 mi
- Chalice: 22.7 mi
- American Eclipse: 22.8 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Panthertail Mountain | WNW 287° | 1,160 m | 6.4 mi |
| Three Forks Mountain | N 6° | 1,136 m | 6.3 mi |
| Daves Rock | N 1° | 1,098 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sassafras Mountain | SE 139° | 1,087 m | 5.8 mi |
| Puncheon Camp Mountain | W 263° | 1,083 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bracken Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,082 m | 6.6 mi |
| Tarkiln Mountain | N 10° | 1,068 m | 6.9 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | WNW 285° | 1,063 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809057
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