Youngs Mountain
Youngs Mountain rises to 819 m in North Carolina. Blue Rock Knob stands 1,225 m to the west-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairfield Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Black Mountain Rag passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31644940, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 819 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 6.6 mi off the Drovers Road
- 16.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.8 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Rock · 5 mi
- Pulpit Rock · 5 mi
- Opera Box · 5 mi
- Devil's Head · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fairfield Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Buzzards Roost: 2.4 mi
- Party Rock: 2.8 mi
- Roan Horse Top: 3.1 mi
- Weed Patch Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Buffalo Creek Park: 2.0 mi
- Waterfall Park: 3.8 mi
- Morse Park: 4.2 mi
- Dittmer-Watts Nature Trail Park: 4.6 mi
- Chimney Rock Village River Park: 4.6 mi
- Standing Rock Falls: 3.8 mi
- Bottomless Pools: 4.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 5.0 mi
- Hickory Nut Falls: 5.7 mi
- Broad River Falls: 5.9 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 10.3 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 10.5 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 10.7 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 11.0 mi
- Battle of Round Mountain Monument: 15.6 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 12.0 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 19.6 mi
- Shiloh Community Garden: 20.5 mi
- Spring Garden: 21.5 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.4 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 10.4 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 10.5 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 12.7 mi
- Bechtler House: 14.2 mi
- Canopy Ridge Farm: 3.9 mi
- Grady's Animal Discovery Den: 5.0 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 10.4 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 18.8 mi
- Southern X793: 19.2 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 12.5 mi
- Globe: 14.5 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 19.4 mi
- Orange Bear: 20.5 mi
- Statue of Diana: 21.4 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 4.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Rocky Knob: 16.4 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 16.9 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 18.5 mi
- Worlds Edge: 7.1 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 7.5 mi
- The Pinnacles: 7.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 7.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 15.1 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 10.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 16.3 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 16.7 mi
- Lenox Spring: 20.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 14.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 14.3 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 20.7 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Youngs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Rock Knob | WNW 284° | 1,225 m | 8.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 227° | 1,208 m | 7.2 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,160 m | 8.5 mi |
| Shumont Mountain | W 260° | 1,156 m | 3.9 mi |
| Miller Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,095 m | 7.7 mi |
| High Top | W 276° | 1,053 m | 8.1 mi |
| Rocky Knob | WNW 303° | 1,052 m | 7.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,049 m | 5.0 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 | 07:17 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1024419 — Youngs Mountain, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357810077
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 23 mi
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