Vance Mountain
Vance Mountain rises to 745 m in North Carolina. Snaggy Mountain stands 1,027 m to the west-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Joel Poinsett Home Ruins, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31643186, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 745 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 4.8 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 6.0 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 16.9 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 13 mi
- Grant Meadow Overlook · 18 mi
- Exclamation Point · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 0.5 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 0.5 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 1.8 mi
- Chestnut Spring Pool: 7.3 mi
- Blue Ridge Forest Clubhouse: 7.3 mi
- Posey Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Walnut Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Corbin Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Pruett Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 2.4 mi
- Les Mullinax Park: 4.4 mi
- McCreery Park: 5.3 mi
- The Park at Flat Rock: 6.9 mi
- Pleasant Ridge Park: 7.4 mi
- Big Falls: 2.5 mi
- Bell Park Falls: 3.6 mi
- Leland Falls: 4.1 mi
- Zen Falls: 4.1 mi
- Pacolet Falls: 4.1 mi
- Maria: 13.6 mi
- Orange Bear: 14.6 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 15.3 mi
- Springtime in TR: 15.7 mi
- Honey: 16.3 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 6.9 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 15.8 mi
- Asia Garden: 18.1 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 18.3 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 5.3 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 8.0 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 9.0 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 10.6 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 12.6 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 5.4 mi
- Historical Downtown: 8.9 mi
- Southern X793: 9.2 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 10.3 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 12.9 mi
- Glassy Rock: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Long Rock: 7.9 mi
- High Rocks: 8.0 mi
- Cleveland Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- 4: 20.8 mi
- 3: 20.8 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 8.7 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 19.8 mi
- Triple Oak Farm: 20.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 8.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 9.3 mi
- Chick Springs: 19.6 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Vance Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snaggy Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,027 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rich Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,002 m | 5.5 mi |
| Grassy Top Mountain | WSW 248° | 993 m | 6.3 mi |
| Ann Mountain | NW 310° | 990 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hammond Mountain | NW 306° | 963 m | 4.7 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | WSW 250° | 954 m | 4.8 mi |
| Rush Mountain | NW 324° | 943 m | 4.1 mi |
| Big Top | WSW 247° | 929 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
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 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hendersonville 1 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023069 — Vance Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357080865
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- Asheville · 28 mi
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