Rumbling Bald Mountain
Rumbling Bald Mountain rises to 914 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the west-northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Party Rock, a peak 1.0 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31639551, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 914 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 3.4 mi off the Drovers Road
- 16.3 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 16.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pulpit Rock · 2 mi
- Vista Rock · 2 mi
- Opera Box · 2 mi
- Devil's Head · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Party Rock: 1.0 mi
- Shumont Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Eagle Rock: 1.1 mi
- Round Top Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Knob: 1.4 mi
- Morse Park: 1.7 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 1.7 mi
- The Gathering Place: 1.8 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 2.1 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 2.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.8 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 2.3 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 2.6 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 3.3 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 7.5 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 7.9 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 12.0 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 12.3 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 14.4 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 10.8 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 16.6 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Spring Garden: 19.0 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 11.8 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 11.9 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 12.0 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 12.0 mi
- House of Flags: 14.4 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 2.2 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 4.1 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 11.9 mi
- Southern X793: 16.2 mi
- Historical Downtown: 16.5 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 11.5 mi
- Globe: 15.0 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 17.7 mi
- Statue of Diana: 18.9 mi
- Orange Bear: 19.6 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 3.7 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 15.5 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 16.6 mi
- Worlds Edge: 4.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- The Pinnacles: 4.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 14.9 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.0 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 17.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 17.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 17.1 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 17.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 21.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 23.9 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Rumbling Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | WNW 295° | 1,341 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | W 271° | 1,281 m | 7.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | WNW 303° | 1,225 m | 5.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,208 m | 4.4 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | W 273° | 1,208 m | 6.7 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,160 m | 6.1 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | WNW 302° | 1,156 m | 1.1 mi |
| Turkey Knob | W 266° | 1,136 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 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 | 17:20 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357784171
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- Asheville · 20 mi
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