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Round Mountain

Round Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Round Mountain rises to 503 m in North Carolina. Windling Stair Knob stands 1,037 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Upper Yadkin Way passes 7.2 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1015110).

Wikidata Q31639212, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
503 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.90291, -81.65038

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Adako Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Razorback: 4.9 mi
  • Triple Drop: 4.9 mi
  • Thunder Hole: 5.1 mi
  • Boat Buster: 5.1 mi
Parks
  • Hard & Flossie Clark Family Park: 1.9 mi
  • Gamewell Optimist Park: 2.6 mi
  • Gamewell Park: 4.0 mi
  • Caldwell County Open Space: 4.4 mi
  • Unity Park: 5.7 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 37
Attractions: 31
  • House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 5.1 mi
  • Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 8.7 mi
  • Home of General William Lenoir: 11.7 mi
  • Lake Hickory Attractions: 15.3 mi
  • Daffodil Flats: 15.3 mi
Museums: 24
  • Caldwell Historical Museum: 6.3 mi
  • Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 7.3 mi
  • Hudson Depot Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Historic Burke County Courthouse: 11.1 mi
  • History Museum of Burke County: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 13
Cliffs: 11
Nature reserves: 9
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 7
Springs: 4
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 14.5 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 14.9 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 17.1 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Windling Stair KnobWNW1,037 m12.1 mi
Sugar KnobWNW904 m11.5 mi
Stone MountainNNE853 m12.2 mi
Joe White MountainNW849 m7.6 mi
Fork MountainNNE842 m10.7 mi
High EagleNNE842 m10.7 mi
Bandy Cove MountainW826 m10.9 mi
Polecat KnobNNW819 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:0920:47
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3416:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148586674777670594841
Precip in3.93.34.34.44.44.74.64.54.33.63.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1015110 — Round Mountain, Caldwell County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357803509

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