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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: 33
  • 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: 10
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 PeakW 267°1,804 m6.6 mi
Hanging RockWNW 289°1,582 m7.8 mi
Pilot KnobWSW 258°1,466 m5.3 mi
Flat Top MountainNNE 14°1,362 m3.2 mi
Howard KnobN 6°1,343 m7.9 mi
White RockWNW 298°1,304 m7.8 mi
Nettle KnobWNW 302°1,284 m6.3 mi
Rich MountainNNW 345°1,281 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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