Seniard Mountain
Seniard Mountain rises to 1,534 m in North Carolina. Black Balsam Knob stands 1,890 m to the west-northwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Skinny Dip Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31425955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1534 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 2.5 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- East Fork Overlook · 1 mi
- Looking Glass Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Log Hollow Overlook (MP 416.6) · 1 mi
- View Cherry Cove (MP 415.7) · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skinny Dip Falls: 0.3 mi
- Yellowstone Falls: 0.4 mi
- Second Falls: 0.6 mi
- Dark Prong Falls: 0.7 mi
- Serpentine Falls: 0.7 mi
- South Spring Top: 0.8 mi
- Bennett Knob: 1.3 mi
- Fork River Bald: 1.4 mi
- Black Balsam Knob: 2.2 mi
- Tennent Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 4.0 mi
- City of Brevard Sports Complex: 8.4 mi
- Silvermont Mansion Park: 8.6 mi
- Franklin Park: 8.7 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 10.1 mi
- Camp John Rock: 3.5 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 4.0 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 8.3 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 13.4 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 15.2 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 16.5 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 17.5 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 17.7 mi
- Berm Park: 15.0 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 16.5 mi
- Chalice: 19.2 mi
- American Eclipse: 19.3 mi
- Wi: 19.4 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 4.2 mi
- M1: 8.4 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 13.6 mi
- Historical Downtown: 14.6 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 15.4 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 9.1 mi
- Castle Rock: 11.3 mi
- Dunns Rock: 11.5 mi
- Bald Cliff: 11.8 mi
- River Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 4.0 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 8.1 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 14.8 mi
- Shook Museum: 15.4 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 18.7 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 5.2 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 7.2 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 21.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 21.9 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 8.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 18.9 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 14.4 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.4 mi
- Sandstone Beach: 24.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 16.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.4 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.7 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 11.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Seniard Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Balsam Knob | WNW 287° | 1,890 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Hardy | WSW 258° | 1,866 m | 5.2 mi |
| Tennent Mountain | NW 306° | 1,846 m | 2.2 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | NW 324° | 1,844 m | 2.6 mi |
| Sam Knob | WNW 283° | 1,844 m | 3.3 mi |
| Shining Rock | NNW 337° | 1,829 m | 3.7 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | WSW 256° | 1,822 m | 2.7 mi |
| Chestnut Bald | WSW 254° | 1,821 m | 3.0 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 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
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 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1022541 — Seniard Mountain, Haywood County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809180
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