Weed Patch Mountain
Weed Patch Mountain rises to 1,039 m in North Carolina. Little Pisgah Mountain stands 1,341 m to the west, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Buffalo Creek Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31643577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1039 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 4.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 14.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.6 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
- Pulpit Rock · 5 mi
- Vista Rock · 5 mi
- Opera Box · 5 mi
- Devil's Head · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buffalo Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- The Gathering Place: 4.1 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 4.2 mi
- Waterfall Park: 4.2 mi
- Morse Park: 4.3 mi
- Stone Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 1.7 mi
- Shumont Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Fairfield Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Rumbling Bald Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Broad River Falls: 3.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.7 mi
- Camp Minnehaha Falls: 4.0 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 4.2 mi
- Tom's Falls: 4.7 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 7.4 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 9.5 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 9.6 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 9.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 16.2 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 9.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Spring Garden: 18.5 mi
- Azalea Garden: 18.5 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 9.4 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 9.4 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 9.5 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 9.9 mi
- Historic Carson House: 16.4 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 4.7 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 6.0 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 9.4 mi
- Southern X793: 17.8 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 17.9 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 9.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 16.3 mi
- Globe: 17.1 mi
- Statue of Diana: 18.4 mi
- Wake: 19.5 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 5.9 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Rocky Knob: 14.2 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 14.3 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 6.6 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Worlds Edge: 7.1 mi
- The Pinnacles: 7.2 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 12.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 7.9 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 14.4 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 14.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 18.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.7 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 15.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 15.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 18.9 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 21.4 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Weed Patch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Pisgah Mountain | W 273° | 1,341 m | 6.0 mi |
| Blue Rock Knob | W 277° | 1,225 m | 5.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,208 m | 6.7 mi |
| Little Bearwallow Mountain | WSW 252° | 1,208 m | 7.1 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | W 276° | 1,160 m | 5.4 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,156 m | 2.2 mi |
| Dill Knob | NW 313° | 1,155 m | 6.0 mi |
| Lakey Knob | NW 322° | 1,136 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:41 | 17:20 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1024396 — Weed Patch Mountain, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357810066
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 19 mi
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