Sodom Mountain
Sodom Mountain rises to 1,048 m in North Carolina. Big Knob stands 1,282 m to the northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31641215, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1048 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 5.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 9.8 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 10.3 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 5 mi
- Tanbark Ridge Overlook (MP 376.7) · 21 mi
- Lane Pinnacle Overlook (MP 372.1) · 22 mi
- Bull Creek Valley Overlook (MP 373.8) · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knob: 1.2 mi
- Walnut Knob: 1.4 mi
- Turkeypen Knob: 1.5 mi
- Lonesome Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Price Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Barnard Park: 3.9 mi
- Rich-Laurel Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
- Andrew Johnson Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi
- Paint Creek Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- Upper Laurel Community Center Park: 10.6 mi
- Shelton Laurel Massacre: 3.1 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 5.6 mi
- Declaration of Independence: 7.0 mi
- US Constitution: 7.0 mi
- Bill of Rights: 7.0 mi
- Needles Falls: 4.1 mi
- Spring Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Hickey Fork Falls: 7.3 mi
- Kelly Falls: 8.9 mi
- Ricker Branch Falls: 9.1 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 22.7 mi
- Passage: 22.7 mi
- Deco Gecko: 22.7 mi
- The Ties That Bind Asheville: 22.8 mi
- E. W. Pearson: 22.8 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Vann Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 11.1 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 16.5 mi
- The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 19.5 mi
- City Garage Car Museum: 19.5 mi
- Doak House Museum: 19.7 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 3.3 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 17.5 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 19.0 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 21.3 mi
- Ironland: 22.7 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
- Overlook Access: 8.9 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 9.4 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 6.7 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 9.8 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 15.4 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 18.9 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 20.3 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 22.4 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 22.7 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 21.0 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 22.8 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 21.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Sodom Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Knob | NE 40° | 1,282 m | 7.8 mi |
| Hack Knob | NE 50° | 1,242 m | 7.6 mi |
| Hap Mountain | SW 223° | 1,233 m | 7.8 mi |
| Richland Mountain | NE 55° | 1,225 m | 7.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 1° | 1,211 m | 7.8 mi |
| Frozen Knob | E 90° | 1,201 m | 7.8 mi |
| Richland Mountain | NE 55° | 1,189 m | 6.4 mi |
| Snakeden Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,183 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:42 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HOT Springs, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809298
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 24 mi
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