I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area
I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area is a rest area in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 641 m. Bank Mountain stands 1,128 m to the east, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is I-26 Henderson County Rest Area, a rest area 0.1 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 5.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NC DOT
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 9.4 mi off the Drovers Road
- 9.6 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 10.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- French Broad Overlook · 6 mi
- French Broad River Overlook · 6 mi
- Chestnut Cove Overlook · 7 mi
- View Chesnut Cove · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crescent Hill: 2.1 mi
- Byers Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Cunningham Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Mills Knob: 3.4 mi
- Britton Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Turley Falls: 7.2 mi
- Puncheon Camp Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
- Johnny Tiller Falls: 9.5 mi
- Slate Rock Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Bee Branch Falls: 10.7 mi
- Westfeldt River Park: 0.8 mi
- Fletcher Park: 2.0 mi
- Corcoran Paige River Park: 2.2 mi
- Mills River Park: 3.1 mi
- Jake Rusher Park: 3.2 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 1.7 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 8.5 mi
- Susie Skinner Clarke Hamilton: 10.5 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 10.8 mi
- The Bunkum Stone: 11.4 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 6.4 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 6.6 mi
- Rhododendron Collection: 6.6 mi
- Bonsai Garden: 6.6 mi
- Miniature Railroad: 6.6 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 4.8 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 8.5 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 9.9 mi
- Asheville Art Museum: 11.7 mi
- Asheville Museum of Science: 11.7 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 0.2 mi
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.: 1.5 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 7.2 mi
- Southern X793: 8.4 mi
- Biltmore Estate: 8.5 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 5.2 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 7.8 mi
- High Rocks: 10.7 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- The Pinnacles: 14.5 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 9.3 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 11.6 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 14.4 mi
- Statue of Diana: 7.9 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 10.5 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 10.6 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 10.6 mi
- Wake: 11.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.2 mi
- Lenox Spring: 8.8 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 16.7 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 24.0 mi
- Pinnacle Spring: 24.1 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 12.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 0.1 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 6.7 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Mountain | E 86° | 1,128 m | 7.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,121 m | 6.7 mi |
| Double Head | W 281° | 1,112 m | 6.5 mi |
| Cold Knob | WNW 286° | 1,096 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bald Top Mountain | E 90° | 1,086 m | 7.6 mi |
| Hightop Mountain | E 96° | 1,082 m | 5.4 mi |
| Busbee Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,063 m | 6.7 mi |
| Rich Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,048 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| 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 | 39 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1225734459
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 11 mi
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