Lenox Spring
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Lenox Spring is a spring in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 644 m. The Pinnacle stands 1,148 m to the southwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lennox Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 8.0 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 13.5 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 13 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob Observation Point · 14 mi
- Chestnut Cove Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lennox Park: 0.0 mi
- Four Seasons Rotary Park: 0.2 mi
- Tom's Park: 0.4 mi
- Gatewate Park: 0.6 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Rutledge Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Long John Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Bollers Knob: 2.5 mi
- Guice Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Teneriffe Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Turley Falls: 3.0 mi
- Lake Falls: 3.3 mi
- Edge of the World Falls: 5.9 mi
- Powerhouse Falls: 6.3 mi
- Case Falls: 6.4 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 0.6 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 6.9 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 8.9 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 8.9 mi
- Edneyville High School Monument: 9.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 2.3 mi
- Native Azalea Garden: 15.0 mi
- Plants of Promise Garden: 15.1 mi
- Forest Meadow: 15.2 mi
- Rhododendron Collection: 15.2 mi
- Statue of Diana: 16.6 mi
- Foundation Graffiti Park: 19.3 mi
- Orange Bear: 19.3 mi
- TebbeArt Studios: 19.3 mi
- JMK236 Studio: 19.4 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 0.8 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 2.0 mi
- Historic Johnson Farm: 4.1 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 8.4 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 14.7 mi
- Historical Downtown: 0.8 mi
- Southern X793: 1.1 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 2.2 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 7.7 mi
- WNC Agricultural Center: 9.0 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 3.3 mi
- High Rocks: 3.9 mi
- Long Rock: 10.3 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 12.6 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 1.9 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 14.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 17.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 1.4 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 21.5 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 8.8 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 8.9 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 14.9 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Lenox Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pinnacle | SW 216° | 1,148 m | 6.7 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,048 m | 7.2 mi |
| Snaggy Mountain | SSW 207° | 1,027 m | 6.1 mi |
| Couch Mountain | N 6° | 1,013 m | 7.0 mi |
| Rich Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,002 m | 6.2 mi |
| Jeter Mountain | WSW 243° | 998 m | 6.8 mi |
| Ann Mountain | SSW 196° | 990 m | 5.0 mi |
| Hammond Mountain | SSW 193° | 963 m | 5.5 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 | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:43 | 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, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,213 | 1,262 | 1,327 | 1,270 | 1,059 | 862 | 733 | 765 | 738 | 761 | 844 | 1,058 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge French Broad River AT Blantyre, NC, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Eastern Bluebird36 obs
- cardinal flower35 obs
- Northern Cardinal30 obs
- common jewelweed28 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk27 obs
- ground-ivy27 obs
- Blue Dasher27 obs
- cutleaf coneflower27 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12990358185
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