Spruce Pinnacle
Spruce Pinnacle rises to 1,401 m in North Carolina. Potato Knob stands 1,946 m to the east, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.3 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31641447, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,401 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.4 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 10.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 11.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Craggy Pinnacle Summit · 1 mi
- Craggy Dome Overlook (MP 364.1) · 1 mi
- Craggy Gardens · 1 mi
- Craggy Dome Scenic Overlook (MP 364.5) · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Welsh Field: 7.1 mi
- Lake Tomahawk Park: 7.5 mi
- Grovemont Park: 7.6 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 7.8 mi
- Charles D. Owen District Park: 7.8 mi
- Big Fork Knob: 0.5 mi
- Craggy Pinnacle: 1.2 mi
- Bearpen Knob: 1.3 mi
- Snowball Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Craggy Dome: 1.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 0.9 mi
- Cascades Falls: 1.1 mi
- Walker Falls: 3.2 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 3.5 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 6.6 mi
- Tennis Court: 5.1 mi
- Spring House: 5.1 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 5.1 mi
- Tool Shed: 5.1 mi
- Potato House: 5.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 9.5 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 10.8 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 12.7 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 8.3 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 8.7 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 12.6 mi
- Deco Gecko: 12.6 mi
- Passage: 12.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 7.7 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 8.1 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 10.3 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 11.7 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 12.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 3.7 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 6.1 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 12.3 mi
- Ironland: 12.6 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 13.3 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 0.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 3.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 6.0 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 11.1 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 14.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 6.1 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 16.4 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 21.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 22.8 mi
- The Pinnacles: 23.0 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 21.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 21.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 6.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 7.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 7.8 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 21.1 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.6 mi
- Lost Cove: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spruce Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Knob | E 82° | 1,946 m | 5.6 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | ENE 71° | 1,910 m | 4.2 mi |
| Craggy Dome | SE 125° | 1,853 m | 1.6 mi |
| Patton Knob | ENE 78° | 1,828 m | 4.9 mi |
| Big Butt | NNE 27° | 1,807 m | 5.3 mi |
| Bullhead Mountain | E 95° | 1,798 m | 1.8 mi |
| Craggy Pinnacle | SSE 148° | 1,780 m | 1.2 mi |
| Point Misery | NE 40° | 1,736 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N FK 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809322
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- Asheville · 13 mi
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