Scott Mountain
Scott Mountain rises to 606 m in North Carolina. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31640054, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 606 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 15.9 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 20.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 22.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 23 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 23 mi
- Opera Box · 23 mi
- Devil's Head · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Volleyball: 7.0 mi
- Amphitheater: 7.0 mi
- Activity Field: 7.1 mi
- Campfire: 7.2 mi
- Archery Range: 7.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Lookadoo Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Cane Creek Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pigpen Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Lone Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Somey Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Resurrection Falls: 4.5 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 7.7 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
- Pot Branch Falls: 8.7 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 12.5 mi
- Bostic Lincoln Center: 12.6 mi
- Bechtler House: 12.7 mi
- KidSenses Children's INTERACTIVE Museum: 13.0 mi
- Bennett Classics Antique Auto Museum: 13.7 mi
- Caboose: 12.6 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 14.7 mi
- Something Rotten: 14.7 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 14.8 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 14.8 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 12.5 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 15.0 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 17.3 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 17.7 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 18.0 mi
- Gully Pipe: 20.1 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 20.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 24.8 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 24.8 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 10.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 10.8 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 14.8 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 17.6 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 20.0 mi
- Worlds Edge: 23.8 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 24.7 mi
- Swimming beach: 14.4 mi
- Boat beach: 14.4 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 17.6 mi
- Globe: 20.9 mi
- Fox Den: 23.9 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Scott Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | NE 53° | 918 m | 8.1 mi |
| Propst Mountain | NE 52° | 905 m | 8.3 mi |
| Skull Knob | ENE 59° | 869 m | 8.4 mi |
| Silver Creek Knob | NE 55° | 861 m | 5.0 mi |
| Swayback Knob | NE 49° | 827 m | 7.8 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | ENE 60° | 820 m | 7.3 mi |
| Shoal Mountain | ENE 63° | 724 m | 3.8 mi |
| Devils Fork Mountain | ENE 68° | 714 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marion, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 994428 — Scott Mountain, McDowell County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357785444
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