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Rocky Mountain

Rocky Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Mountain rises to 1,322 m in North Carolina. Whiteside Mountain stands 1,489 m to the west-southwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimneytop Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Jackson County, North Carolina, United States of America

Wikidata Q31638955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1322 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.11065, -83.07042

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • McKinney Meadow: 1.5 mi
  • Cashiers Village Green Park: 1.8 mi
  • Silver Run Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Whiteside Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Dixon Park: 6.6 mi
Waterfalls
  • Fulfillment Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Fairfield Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Twin Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Maidenhair Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Silver Slip Falls: 2.7 mi
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 15
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 10.1 mi
  • Chattooga Town: 15.0 mi
  • Catamount Statue: 15.2 mi
  • General Pickens Monument: 15.9 mi
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 16.2 mi
Museums: 13
Nature reserves: 8
Attractions: 8
Artworks: 7
  • Ear: 14.7 mi
  • Chalice: 15.1 mi
  • American Eclipse: 15.2 mi
  • Wi: 15.2 mi
  • Moai Statue: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 13.1 mi
  • North Beach: 20.8 mi
  • South Beach: 22.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cool Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Moody Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 3
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whiteside MountainWSW 242°1,489 m4.3 mi
Toxaway MountainENE 73°1,452 m5.1 mi
Cold MountainNE 51°1,414 m6.1 mi
Bear MountainN 351°1,406 m3.8 mi
Glassyrock MountainNNW 336°1,404 m4.3 mi
Chimneytop MountainSSE 149°1,401 m0.7 mi
Little Hogback MountainENE 58°1,392 m3.7 mi
Hogback MountainENE 58°1,386 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:44
June solstice06:1920:1320:50
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3716:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046546268717065554640
Precip in8.77.17.87.47.07.89.48.99.46.77.78.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022369 — Rocky Mountain, Jackson County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357809056

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