Pinnacle Spring
Pinnacle Spring is a spring in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1,574 m. Mount Mitchell stands 2,038 m to the north, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle, a peak 0.2 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.0 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
- 14.7 mi off the Drovers Road
- 14.8 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinnacle: 0.2 mi
- Bald Knob: 0.7 mi
- Glass Rock Knob: 0.9 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.2 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 1.6 mi
- Andrews Geyser: 4.2 mi
- Welsh Field: 4.7 mi
- Old Fort Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Town Square: 6.7 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 6.7 mi
- Graybeard Falls: 2.3 mi
- Slick Falls: 3.8 mi
- Setrock Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Glassmine Falls: 3.9 mi
- Licklog Branch Falls: 4.2 mi
- Arrowhead Monument: 7.3 mi
- Davidson's Fort Historic Park: 7.7 mi
- Caretaker's Cabin: 10.6 mi
- Spring House: 10.7 mi
- Potato House: 10.7 mi
- Dr. John Wilson Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Columbarium Garden: 9.0 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 9.3 mi
- Terrace garden: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 9.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Assembly: 8.3 mi
- Tebbé Davies Fine Art Studios: 12.7 mi
- Friends: 14.6 mi
- Stream: 14.6 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 14.6 mi
- Buck Creek Trout Farm: 7.4 mi
- McDowell Tourism Authority: 7.4 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 9.7 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 11.4 mi
- Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 16.9 mi
- Mt Mitchell Museum: 4.2 mi
- Swannanoa Valley Museum: 6.8 mi
- Old Fort Railroad Museum: 7.3 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 7.5 mi
- Mountain Gateway Museum: 7.5 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.0 mi
- Pisgah National Forest: 4.2 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 6.4 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary: 16.8 mi
- Slaty Cliffs: 2.8 mi
- Last house on the Hare RDG: 19.0 mi
- Raven Cliffs: 20.0 mi
- Cloven Cliffs: 20.9 mi
- The Pinnacles: 21.2 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 14.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 14.9 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Hemphill Spring: 0.5 mi
- Mountain Spring @ Lakey Gap: 8.3 mi
- Gully Pipe: 22.5 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 22.9 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 18.4 mi
- Boat beach: 22.2 mi
- Swimming beach: 22.3 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 4.3 mi
- Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Pinnacle Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Mitchell | N 5° | 2,038 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Craig | N 6° | 2,023 m | 5.0 mi |
| Big Tom | N 7° | 2,002 m | 5.1 mi |
| Clingmans Peak | NNW 338° | 1,981 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Gibbes | NNW 341° | 1,971 m | 2.4 mi |
| Potato Knob | NW 326° | 1,946 m | 2.0 mi |
| Hallback | N 355° | 1,923 m | 3.0 mi |
| Blackstock Knob | NW 311° | 1,910 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 7.5 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Mitchell, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May, Sep — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 57.1 | 56.0 | 60.0 | 56.3 | 52.7 | 33.0 | 26.0 | 27.3 | 47.4 | 30.3 | 35.3 | 49.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge North Fork Swannanoa River Near Walkertown, NC, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Turk's-cap lily34 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail23 obs
- mountain laurel18 obs
- Tree Lungwort17 obs
- common selfheal17 obs
- cutleaf coneflower17 obs
- Smooth Rock Tripe15 obs
- Canada mayflower15 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/553426741
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 18 mi
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