Wiley Mountain
Wiley Mountain rises to 1,135 m in North Carolina. Snowball Mountain stands 1,626 m to the east-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Brittain Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. French Broad Overview passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31644154, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1135 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 4.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.7 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 13.6 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Brittain Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Thurz Knob: 0.5 mi
- Little Middle Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 0.7 mi
- Brank Mountain: 1.0 mi
- North Buncombe District Park: 2.7 mi
- Main Street Nature Park: 3.3 mi
- Karpen Soccer Fields: 3.5 mi
- Lake Louise Community Park: 4.1 mi
- Ledges Whitewater Park: 6.5 mi
- Lake Louise Falls: 4.2 mi
- Reems Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Douglas Falls: 7.9 mi
- Cascades Falls: 8.1 mi
- Walker Falls: 9.2 mi
- Tennis Court: 5.3 mi
- Swimming Pool: 5.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Lodge: 5.3 mi
- Spring House: 5.3 mi
- Tool Shed: 5.3 mi
- Griffing Rose Garden: 7.2 mi
- Elder & Sage Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 10.8 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Italian Garden: 13.2 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 7.8 mi
- Flat Iron Statue: 9.5 mi
- Deco Gecko: 9.5 mi
- Passage: 9.6 mi
- Wake: 9.9 mi
- Dry Ridge Historical Museum: 4.0 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 7.1 mi
- Bob Moog Foundation: 9.3 mi
- Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 9.3 mi
- Asheville Pinball Museum: 9.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 5.2 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 6.3 mi
- Botanical Gardens at Asheville: 8.4 mi
- Ironland: 9.5 mi
- Antler Hill Village: 12.5 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 12.8 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 16.2 mi
- Vann Cliff: 20.4 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 20.9 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 23.1 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 7.0 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 7.4 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 9.8 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 10.3 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 13.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 14.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 15.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.9 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 23.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 14.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 18.3 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 24.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 18.1 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Wiley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,626 m | 6.3 mi |
| Lane Pinnacle | ESE 122° | 1,583 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rich Knob | SE 130° | 1,500 m | 5.2 mi |
| Hawkbill Rock | ESE 105° | 1,499 m | 5.9 mi |
| Wolfden Knob | SE 125° | 1,493 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bull Mountain | SE 128° | 1,473 m | 5.5 mi |
| Little Snowball Mountain | E 97° | 1,440 m | 4.8 mi |
| Rocky Knob | SE 136° | 1,433 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023251 — Wiley Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809586
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