Round Top Mountain
Round Top Mountain rises to 802 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the northwest, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is The Gathering Place, a park 0.4 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31639472, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 802 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 2.4 mi off the Drovers Road
- 15.3 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 15.8 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pulpit Rock · 1 mi
- Vista Rock · 1 mi
- Opera Box · 1 mi
- Devil's Head · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Gathering Place: 0.4 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 0.6 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 0.9 mi
- Morse Park: 1.1 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 3.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.7 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 1.2 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 1.5 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 2.6 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.0 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Cedar Knob: 1.1 mi
- Roaringrock Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rumbling Bald Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 6.5 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 7.0 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 13.2 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 13.5 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 13.6 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 11.2 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 15.3 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Spring Garden: 18.3 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 12.6 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 13.0 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 13.1 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 13.1 mi
- House of Flags: 13.6 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 1.1 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 4.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 13.1 mi
- Southern X793: 14.8 mi
- Historical Downtown: 15.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 11.9 mi
- Globe: 14.9 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 17.6 mi
- Statue of Diana: 18.3 mi
- Orange Bear: 18.9 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 3.7 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 14.1 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 17.2 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 3.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 3.3 mi
- Worlds Edge: 3.4 mi
- The Pinnacles: 3.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 14.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.5 mi
- Lenox Spring: 15.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 17.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 18.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 18.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 22.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 25.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Round Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NW 307° | 1,341 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | W 279° | 1,281 m | 6.4 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NW 317° | 1,225 m | 5.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 207° | 1,208 m | 3.0 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,208 m | 5.9 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NW 313° | 1,160 m | 5.9 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | N 3° | 1,156 m | 1.5 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | WNW 287° | 1,152 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022429 — Round Top Mountain, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809116
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- Asheville · 20 mi
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