Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain rises to 835 m in North Carolina. Bearwallow Mountain stands 1,281 m to the northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Belmont Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31638941, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 835 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 8.2 mi off the Drovers Road
- 5.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 10.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 8 mi
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 8 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 9 mi
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Belmont Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Love Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 1.0 mi
- Bryson Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Ward Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Berkeley Mills Park: 3.1 mi
- Patton Park: 4.0 mi
- William H. King Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- Fletcher Park: 4.4 mi
- Jackson Park: 4.7 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Turley Falls: 6.4 mi
- Oleta Falls: 6.4 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 7.0 mi
- Upper Hungry River Falls: 7.7 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 5.1 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 5.5 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 8.4 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 12.1 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 13.9 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 6.7 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 12.0 mi
- Azalea Garden: 12.2 mi
- Rhododendron Collection: 12.2 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 12.2 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 4.4 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 4.9 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 5.6 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 11.5 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 15.7 mi
- Southern X793: 4.6 mi
- Historical Downtown: 5.0 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 5.6 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 6.0 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 7.2 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 7.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 8.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 8.6 mi
- High Rocks: 9.2 mi
- The Pinnacles: 9.4 mi
- Statue of Diana: 12.3 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 14.9 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 15.0 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 15.0 mi
- Wake: 15.4 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 4.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 14.2 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Lenox Spring: 5.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 5.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 23.9 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 24.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 17.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 5.8 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 12.5 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearwallow Mountain | NE 42° | 1,281 m | 6.9 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | NE 43° | 1,208 m | 7.5 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | NNE 31° | 1,152 m | 7.4 mi |
| Turkey Knob | NE 43° | 1,136 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bank Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,128 m | 3.8 mi |
| Bald Top Mountain | NE 42° | 1,086 m | 3.8 mi |
| Hightop Mountain | N 9° | 1,082 m | 2.3 mi |
| Rich Mountain | N 3° | 1,048 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 37 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hendersonville 1 NE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809059
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- Asheville · 15 mi
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