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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

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
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
Artworks: 39
Attractions: 32
  • 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
Gardens: 10
Nature reserves: 9
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
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 3
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 KnobWNW 289°1,037 m12.1 mi
Chestnut MountainWNW 295°1,011 m9.7 mi
Sugar KnobWNW 295°904 m11.5 mi
Stone MountainNNE 26°853 m12.2 mi
Joe White MountainNW 323°849 m7.6 mi
Fork MountainNNE 25°842 m10.7 mi
High EagleNNE 25°842 m10.7 mi
Bandy Cove MountainW 267°826 m10.9 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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