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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
1063 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

Peaks
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
Cliffs: 23
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
Gardens: 7
  • Brevard Community Garden: 11.2 mi
  • Cullowhee Community Garden: 19.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 21.3 mi
  • English Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Common Gardening: 22.6 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Ear: 18.9 mi
  • Chalice: 19.0 mi
  • American Eclipse: 19.1 mi
  • Wi: 19.2 mi
  • Moai Statue: 23.7 mi
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 KnobN 354°1,453 m7.1 mi
Toxaway MountainW 259°1,452 m4.1 mi
Rockyface MountainN 352°1,427 m6.9 mi
Cold MountainWNW 291°1,414 m4.5 mi
Bruce KnobN 358°1,401 m7.1 mi
Little Hogback MountainW 267°1,392 m5.9 mi
Hogback MountainW 267°1,386 m5.9 mi
Blackrock MountainWNW 288°1,370 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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