Turkey Mountain
Turkey Mountain rises to 519 m in North Carolina. Silver Creek Knob stands 861 m to the east, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal Pit Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31642947, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 519 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 13.6 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 19.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Glenwood Park: 4.2 mi
- Creekwise Park: 7.9 mi
- Volleyball: 8.5 mi
- Activity Field: 8.5 mi
- Amphitheater: 8.6 mi
- Somey Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
- Resurrection Falls: 6.4 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 9.7 mi
- Coal Pit Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Marks Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Lookadoo Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Vein Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Huntsville Mountains: 2.8 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 9.2 mi
- Historic Carson House: 11.4 mi
- Bechtler House: 14.2 mi
- KidSenses Children's INTERACTIVE Museum: 14.5 mi
- Bostic Lincoln Center: 15.3 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 12.5 mi
- Walk Like a Raccoon: 12.5 mi
- Something Rotten: 12.5 mi
- Wild Percussion: 12.5 mi
- Hide & Seek: 12.5 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 9.3 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 11.8 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 15.0 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 15.6 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 17.2 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 15.3 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 17.5 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 19.0 mi
- Rocky Knob: 22.6 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 24.8 mi
- Gully Pipe: 17.8 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 18.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 21.7 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 22.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 22.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 22.7 mi
- Worlds Edge: 22.8 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 23.4 mi
- The Pinnacles: 23.6 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 23.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 22.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 23.9 mi
- Fox Den: 24.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 24.7 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 7.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 7.5 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 7.5 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 15.6 mi
- Globe: 21.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 24.0 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 23.1 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 23.8 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 24.0 mi
- Swimming beach: 12.3 mi
- Boat beach: 12.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Turkey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Creek Knob | E 84° | 861 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | WSW 248° | 762 m | 7.8 mi |
| Rich Mountain | WSW 248° | 755 m | 7.4 mi |
| Harris Mountain | WSW 242° | 751 m | 8.0 mi |
| Shoal Mountain | E 95° | 724 m | 5.8 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | WSW 248° | 716 m | 6.6 mi |
| Devils Fork Mountain | E 92° | 714 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mike Mountain | WSW 241° | 699 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marion, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357787854
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