Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain rises to 1,208 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the north-northwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cloven Cliffs, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States.
Wikidata Q31642022, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,208 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 3.3 mi off the Drovers Road
- 12.4 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 12.9 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Exclamation Point · 2 mi
- Devil's Head · 2 mi
- Opera Box · 2 mi
- Vista Rock · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stony Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Poplar Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cane Creek Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 1.0 mi
- Upper Pool Creek Falls: 1.1 mi
- Pool Creek Falls: 1.2 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 1.9 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 2.5 mi
- Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park: 2.1 mi
- The Gathering Place: 2.6 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 2.6 mi
- Morse Park: 3.0 mi
- Dittmer-Watts Nature Trail Park: 4.3 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 4.1 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 7.5 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 11.4 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 11.4 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 12.6 mi
- House of Flags: 11.4 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 11.5 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 11.7 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 12.4 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 12.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 12.4 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 13.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 17.6 mi
- Spring Garden: 18.3 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 2.2 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 5.5 mi
- Southern X793: 12.2 mi
- Historical Downtown: 12.5 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 14.4 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 13.9 mi
- Globe: 14.1 mi
- Orange Bear: 16.7 mi
- Statue of Diana: 18.2 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 18.7 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 0.2 mi
- The Pinnacles: 0.5 mi
- Worlds Edge: 1.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 4.5 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 11.4 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 19.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 12.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 13.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.2 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 20.4 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 20.7 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 21.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 21.4 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 25.0 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Sugarloaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,341 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | NW 307° | 1,281 m | 6.2 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | NNW 340° | 1,225 m | 7.3 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | NW 313° | 1,208 m | 6.0 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,160 m | 7.4 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,156 m | 4.5 mi |
| Turkey Knob | WNW 300° | 1,136 m | 6.2 mi |
| Miller Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,095 m | 6.8 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 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 995657 — Sugarloaf Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357787009
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 20 mi
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