Spring Mountain
Spring Mountain rises to 868 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the south-southeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dyeleaf Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1022754).
Wikidata Q31641419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 868 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 2.8 mi off the Drovers Road
- 7.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.8 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 4 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 4 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 5 mi
- Exclamation Point · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tom's Falls: 4.5 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 5.1 mi
- Broad River Falls: 5.6 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 6.5 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 6.5 mi
- Grovemont Park: 5.0 mi
- Youth Center Park: 5.4 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 5.6 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 5.6 mi
- Town Square: 5.6 mi
- Dyeleaf Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Garren Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Black Knob: 1.5 mi
- High Windy: 2.1 mi
- Jesses High Top: 2.5 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 3.7 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 10.2 mi
- Potato House: 10.5 mi
- The Den: 10.5 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 10.5 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 3.3 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 9.9 mi
- Spring Garden: 11.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 11.2 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 5.5 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 11.3 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 11.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 11.8 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 11.8 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 9.8 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 11.3 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 11.9 mi
- Ironland: 12.0 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 12.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 4.1 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 8.7 mi
- Statue of Diana: 11.0 mi
- Wake: 11.8 mi
- Deco Gecko: 11.9 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 9.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 9.7 mi
- Rocky Knob: 11.4 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 12.6 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 8.2 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 9.5 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 10.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 10.7 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 4.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 12.1 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 12.3 mi
- Lenox Spring: 17.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 17.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 19.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 20.0 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 16.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 20.1 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.2 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 15.9 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Spring Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,341 m | 3.0 mi |
| Jesses High Top | N 356° | 1,326 m | 2.5 mi |
| High Windy | NNE 23° | 1,321 m | 2.1 mi |
| Black Knob | NNE 18° | 1,291 m | 1.5 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | S 182° | 1,281 m | 5.5 mi |
| High Top | NNE 27° | 1,263 m | 2.9 mi |
| High Hickory Knob | NW 316° | 1,231 m | 3.4 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | SE 138° | 1,225 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Swannanoa 2 SSE, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809319
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- Asheville · 12 mi
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