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Rocky Mountain

Rocky Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Mountain rises to 1,063 m in North Carolina. Bald Knob stands 1,453 m to the north, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 1.1 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1027450).

Wikidata Q31638994, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,063 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.14316, -82.91125

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Parks
  • Champion Park: 4.9 mi
  • Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 7.4 mi
  • Silver Run Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Canada Community Park: 10.5 mi
  • Bootleg Access Area: 10.7 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 20
  • North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 11.0 mi
  • Camp John Rock: 11.9 mi
  • Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 15.5 mi
  • Caesars Head Hotel: 16.5 mi
  • Lake Wattacoo: 19.1 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Bear Lake Reserve: 10.2 mi
  • M1: 11.8 mi
  • Judaculla Rock: 15.7 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 16.2 mi
  • 1915 Climax Locomotive: 16.3 mi
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Artworks: 6
  • Ear: 18.9 mi
  • Chalice: 19.0 mi
  • American Eclipse: 19.1 mi
  • Moai Statue: 23.7 mi
  • Sylva Mural: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 20.6 mi
  • South: 22.6 mi
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Sandbar Pool Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Sandstone Beach: 12.0 mi
  • North Beach: 21.1 mi
  • South Beach: 22.6 mi
Springs: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 22.6 mi
  • Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobN1,453 m7.1 mi
Toxaway MountainW1,452 m4.1 mi
Rockyface MountainN1,427 m6.9 mi
Cold MountainWNW1,414 m4.5 mi
Bruce KnobN1,401 m7.1 mi
Little Hogback MountainW1,392 m5.9 mi
Hogback MountainW1,386 m5.9 mi
Blackrock MountainWNW1,370 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1820:1220:50
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:3716:4517:24

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1027450 — Rocky Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357811136

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