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Round Mountain

Round Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Round Mountain rises to 895 m in North Carolina. Calloway Peak stands 1,804 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is China Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 2.1 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1022419).

Wikidata Q31639225, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
895 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.11735, -81.69205

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • China Creek Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Lower Glen Marie Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Upper Glen Marie Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Glen Burney Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Thunderhole Falls: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Broyhill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Blowing Rock Pool: 1.3 mi
  • Blowing Rock City Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sterling Creek Park: 4.1 mi
  • High Gravity Adventures: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 32
  • The Gardener: 1.3 mi
  • Jessie: 1.4 mi
  • The Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Founders Bell: 6.6 mi
  • Yosef the Mountain Man: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Mystery Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Mystery House: 4.2 mi
  • Tornado: 4.5 mi
  • Buckaroo Drop: 4.5 mi
  • F-80 Jet Planes: 4.5 mi
Museums: 15
Cliffs: 12
Picnic sites: 11
Historic sites: 10
  • Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 1.0 mi
  • Earth Day 2011: 6.7 mi
  • Historic Dam Site: 6.8 mi
  • Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Gardens: 8
Springs: 4
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 7.0 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 22.5 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calloway PeakW1,804 m6.6 mi
Hanging RockWNW1,582 m7.8 mi
Pilot KnobWSW1,466 m5.3 mi
Flat Top MountainNNE1,362 m3.2 mi
Howard KnobN1,343 m7.9 mi
White RockWNW1,304 m7.8 mi
Nettle KnobWNW1,284 m6.3 mi
Rich MountainNNW1,281 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340505764686761514234

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blowing Rock 1NW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022419 — Round Mountain, Caldwell County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357809102

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