Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain rises to 738 m in North Carolina. Shumont Mountain stands 1,156 m to the southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Standing Rock Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1022372).
Wikidata Q31638968, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 738 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 9.4 mi off the Drovers Road
- 13.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.0 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
- Pulpit Rock · 9 mi
- Vista Rock · 9 mi
- Opera Box · 9 mi
- Devil's Head · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Standing Rock Falls: 0.8 mi
- Upper Catawba Falls: 7.3 mi
- Catawba Falls: 7.3 mi
- Lower Catawaba Falls: 7.4 mi
- Davids Falls: 7.5 mi
- Waterfall Park: 0.8 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 4.5 mi
- Lindley Park: 6.7 mi
- Morse Park: 8.0 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Roan Horse Top: 0.9 mi
- Wolf Pen Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Medford Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Ditney Knob: 2.0 mi
- Fork Knob: 2.2 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 7.0 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 7.0 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 11.9 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 13.2 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 13.4 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 6.9 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 7.0 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 11.2 mi
- Historic Carson House: 12.2 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 13.0 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 6.9 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 7.7 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 8.7 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 15.0 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 21.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 11.5 mi
- Globe: 17.6 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 19.1 mi
- Statue of Diana: 22.3 mi
- Wake: 23.0 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 11.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 20.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 21.2 mi
- Terrace garden: 21.6 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 8.2 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 13.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 14.9 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 18.5 mi
- Worlds Edge: 10.9 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- The Pinnacles: 11.4 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 12.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 9.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 13.4 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 13.9 mi
- Lenox Spring: 23.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 10.6 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 10.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 17.6 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 19.2 mi
- Boat beach: 21.5 mi
- Swimming beach: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shumont Mountain | SW 230° | 1,156 m | 6.8 mi |
| Rocky Knob | W 274° | 1,052 m | 7.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | W 277° | 1,049 m | 4.0 mi |
| Cross Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,044 m | 6.0 mi |
| Weed Patch Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,039 m | 4.8 mi |
| Cedar Knob | SW 229° | 1,021 m | 7.5 mi |
| Stone Mountain | W 259° | 998 m | 4.7 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | SW 234° | 993 m | 7.6 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022372 — Rocky Mountain, McDowell County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809060
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- Asheville · 23 mi
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