Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain rises to 998 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the west-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31641707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 998 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 5.5 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.9 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 6 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 6 mi
- Exclamation Point · 6 mi
- Opera Box · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Weed Patch Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Flint Knob: 2.2 mi
- Fork Knob: 2.5 mi
- Logan Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 2.6 mi
- Waterfall Park: 3.9 mi
- The Gathering Place: 5.4 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 5.6 mi
- Morse Park: 5.7 mi
- Broad River Falls: 3.4 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 3.9 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 4.7 mi
- Tom's Falls: 4.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 4.9 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 7.2 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 8.2 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 8.6 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 10.5 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 16.2 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 7.6 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 16.7 mi
- Spring Garden: 17.9 mi
- Azalea Garden: 17.9 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 8.1 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 8.2 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 8.4 mi
- Historic Carson House: 15.5 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 16.9 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 6.1 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 7.5 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 8.1 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 16.6 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 17.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 8.2 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 15.2 mi
- Statue of Diana: 17.8 mi
- Globe: 18.6 mi
- Wake: 18.7 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 7.4 mi
- Rocky Knob: 12.7 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 12.8 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Worlds Edge: 8.4 mi
- The Pinnacles: 8.5 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 6.4 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 12.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 13.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 19.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 14.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 14.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 17.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 20.0 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Stone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | WSW 258° | 1,341 m | 5.7 mi |
| High Windy | WNW 301° | 1,321 m | 6.9 mi |
| Black Knob | WNW 296° | 1,291 m | 6.9 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | W 260° | 1,225 m | 4.6 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | W 259° | 1,160 m | 5.0 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | S 189° | 1,156 m | 3.5 mi |
| Dill Knob | WNW 304° | 1,155 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lakey Knob | NW 316° | 1,136 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Lure 2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1015857 — Stone Mountain, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357803768
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 19 mi
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