Spring Mountain
Spring Mountain rises to 799 m in North Carolina. Bentley Knob stands 1,256 m to the north-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Upper Yadkin Way passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31641434, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 799 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
- 7.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.8 mi off the Little Parkway
- 11.6 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Yadkin Valley Overlook · 7 mi
- Thunder Hill Overlook · 8 mi
- Raven Rock Overlook · 8 mi
- Moses Cone Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buffalo Cove Community Center: 1.3 mi
- Yadkin Valley Community Park: 4.0 mi
- Happy Valley Park (North): 5.0 mi
- Happy Valley Park (South): 5.3 mi
- Happy Valley Optimist Park: 5.4 mi
- Silvervale Falls: 3.1 mi
- Dugger Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 7.2 mi
- Upper Glen Marie Falls: 8.9 mi
- Lower Glen Marie Falls: 8.9 mi
- Stone Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Winding Stairs Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Cottrell Knob: 1.6 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.1 mi
- The Gardener: 9.0 mi
- Jessie: 9.0 mi
- Spiderback Chair: 9.4 mi
- Aluminum DNA: 9.5 mi
- Aquamarine: 9.6 mi
- Home of General William Lenoir: 4.2 mi
- Mystery House: 8.9 mi
- Mystery Hill: 8.9 mi
- Ferris Wheel: 9.5 mi
- Planes & Helicopters: 9.5 mi
- Turtle Island Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum: 8.9 mi
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum: 9.0 mi
- Native American Artifacts: 9.0 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 10.3 mi
- Laura Foster Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Old Blowing Rock Sewage Pump Station: 9.0 mi
- Historic Dam Site: 11.6 mi
- Earth Day 2011: 12.9 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 13.2 mi
- Annie Cannon Gardens: 9.1 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 15.1 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 15.8 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Cascades Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Woods Walk: 16.8 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 15.2 mi
- Scheer Bluffs: 16.2 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 16.7 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 16.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 16.8 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 10.1 mi
- Elizabeth Young Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 12.4 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 12.9 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 13.0 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 18.7 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 14.5 mi
- Shanty Springs: 15.7 mi
- Mortimer: 13.4 mi
- Elk Shoals: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Spring Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Knob | NNW 330° | 1,256 m | 7.6 mi |
| Goshen Hill | NNW 331° | 1,197 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,185 m | 6.7 mi |
| Thunder Hill | NW 314° | 1,158 m | 7.5 mi |
| Blowing Rock | WNW 298° | 1,097 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mast Knob | N 351° | 1,049 m | 6.6 mi |
| Blue Knob | NNW 343° | 1,027 m | 9.0 mi |
| Dugger Mountain | N 355° | 989 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
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 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357803738
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- Hickory · 26 mi
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