Round Mountain
Round Mountain rises to 890 m in North Carolina. Rocky Knobs stands 1,139 m to the west, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Stair Step Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Waterfall Byway passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1022412).
Wikidata Q31425857, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 890 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 4.3 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 6.1 mi off the Whitewater Way
- 7.9 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gorges Overlook · 5 mi
- Whitewater Falls Overlook · 10 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 10 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stair Step Falls: 0.6 mi
- Boren Mill Shoals: 0.6 mi
- The Shoals: 1.0 mi
- Taper Falls: 1.1 mi
- Bearpen Falls: 1.1 mi
- Champion Park: 4.6 mi
- Bootleg Access Area: 7.7 mi
- Dug Mountain Angler Access Area: 8.5 mi
- Table Rock State Park Historic District: 9.0 mi
- Table Rock State Park Headquarters and Visitor Center: 10.1 mi
- Nancy Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Burnt Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Flatrock Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Claypole Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Frozen Knob: 2.2 mi
- Dunns Rock: 10.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 10.5 mi
- El Lieutenant: 11.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 11.6 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 12.6 mi
- Caesars Head Hotel: 13.2 mi
- Camp John Rock: 14.4 mi
- Air Force B25C Plane Crash Memorial: 15.0 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 15.5 mi
- Lake Wattacoo: 15.6 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 16.7 mi
- Kelsey Trail Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Ralph and Louise Sargent Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Satulah Mountain Preserves: 19.4 mi
- The Real American Tea Museum: 10.2 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 12.4 mi
- Irma Morris Museum of Fine Arts: 16.0 mi
- Pickens County Museum of Art & History: 16.3 mi
- Highlands Nature Center: 19.0 mi
- M1: 12.4 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 12.9 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 15.3 mi
- The Twelve Mile Defense Bear: 16.1 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 19.1 mi
- Ear: 24.0 mi
- Chalice: 24.1 mi
- American Eclipse: 24.2 mi
- Springtime in TR: 24.8 mi
- Honey: 24.9 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 8.4 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 10.7 mi
- North Beach: 17.2 mi
- South Beach: 18.8 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- English Garden: 16.0 mi
- Common Gardening: 18.7 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- South: 18.8 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 23.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 1.4 mi
- Moody Spring: 16.3 mi
- Indian Spring: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Knobs | W 269° | 1,139 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sassafras Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,087 m | 4.6 mi |
| Puncheon Camp Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,083 m | 6.0 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,063 m | 5.5 mi |
| Roundtop | WNW 284° | 1,051 m | 6.3 mi |
| Indian Camp Mountain | E 87° | 1,027 m | 3.5 mi |
| Walnut Cove Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,023 m | 6.7 mi |
| Hawk Mountain | NW 312° | 1,013 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 8.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Toxaway 2 SW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022412 — Round Mountain, Transylvania County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809092
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