Swan Mountain
Swan Mountain rises to 1,025 m in North Carolina. Craggy Pinnacle stands 1,780 m to the northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Bartlett Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31642160, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1025 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.8 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 8.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 9.1 mi off the Drovers Road
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Bartlett Mountain: 0.9 mi
- High Swan: 1.1 mi
- Rock Knob: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.7 mi
- Elk Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mountain Biking Pump Track: 2.3 mi
- The Slabs: 2.3 mi
- Lower Slab: 2.3 mi
- Formal Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Christmas Tree Stand: 2.7 mi
- Cascades Falls: 6.5 mi
- Douglas Falls: 6.8 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 7.1 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 9.3 mi
- The Den: 1.4 mi
- Potato House: 1.4 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 1.5 mi
- Swimming Pool: 1.5 mi
- Tool Shed: 1.5 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 7.8 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 2.1 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 6.6 mi
- Deco Gecko: 6.7 mi
- Passage: 6.8 mi
- Wake: 6.9 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 6.4 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 6.4 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 6.5 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 6.6 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 6.7 mi
- Ironland: 6.6 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 6.7 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 8.0 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 9.3 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 9.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 5.8 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.5 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 6.9 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 10.1 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 9.0 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 10.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 18.5 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 19.8 mi
- The Pinnacles: 20.0 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 9.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 11.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 11.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 23.4 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 24.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 24.5 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 13.6 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 17.9 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 23.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 14.9 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Swan Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craggy Pinnacle | NE 48° | 1,780 m | 5.8 mi |
| Craggy Knob | NE 54° | 1,699 m | 4.9 mi |
| Snowball Mountain | NE 35° | 1,626 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bearpen Knob | NE 44° | 1,603 m | 5.0 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | NE 39° | 1,583 m | 3.0 mi |
| Rich Knob | NNE 15° | 1,500 m | 2.3 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | NNE 30° | 1,499 m | 4.7 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | NNE 28° | 1,493 m | 2.7 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 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Black MTN 2 W, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809382
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- Asheville · 7 mi
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