Ward Mountain
Ward Mountain rises to 938 m in North Carolina. Bearwallow Mountain stands 1,281 m to the northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Burge Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Henderson County, North Carolina, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1023114).
Wikidata Q31643412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 938 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 8.1 mi off the Drovers Road
- 8.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.5 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 8 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 9 mi
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Tom and Glenna Rock Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Burge Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Couch Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 1.0 mi
- Rich Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cunningham Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Fletcher Park: 3.0 mi
- Berkeley Mills Park: 3.6 mi
- Patton Park: 4.8 mi
- William H. King Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
- Westfeldt River Park: 5.0 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 4.8 mi
- Turley Falls: 6.5 mi
- Bead and Lace Falls: 7.3 mi
- Oleta Falls: 7.8 mi
- Little Bearwallow Falls: 8.0 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 4.0 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 6.5 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 8.2 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 12.9 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 13.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 7.8 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 10.6 mi
- Rhododendron Collection: 10.8 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 10.8 mi
- Azalea Garden: 10.8 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 4.2 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 5.8 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 6.7 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 12.9 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 14.4 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 4.7 mi
- Southern X793: 5.6 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 5.9 mi
- Historical Downtown: 5.9 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 5.9 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 6.8 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 7.2 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 9.4 mi
- High Rocks: 9.6 mi
- The Pinnacles: 10.3 mi
- Statue of Diana: 10.9 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 13.6 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 13.7 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 13.7 mi
- Wake: 14.0 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 6.0 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 15.0 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 15.0 mi
- Lenox Spring: 6.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 6.5 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.5 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 23.4 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 23.5 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 16.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 4.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 4.5 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 11.1 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Ward Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearwallow Mountain | NE 53° | 1,281 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | NE 54° | 1,208 m | 7.6 mi |
| Blue Ridge Pastures | NE 43° | 1,152 m | 7.2 mi |
| Turkey Knob | NE 56° | 1,136 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bank Mountain | NE 52° | 1,128 m | 3.7 mi |
| Ferguson Peak | NE 41° | 1,101 m | 7.8 mi |
| Bald Top Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,086 m | 3.9 mi |
| Hightop Mountain | NE 47° | 1,082 m | 1.8 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 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:42 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023114 — Ward Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809527
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 14 mi
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