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Cold Mountain

1,838 m6,030 ft

Prominence: 314 m1,029 ft
Isolation: 6.8 km
Tonight: 38°FFair · Wind 6 mph SE

Cold Mountain is a 1,838 m (6,030 ft) mountain in the Great Balsam Mountains, North Carolina, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,838 m · 6,030 ft
Nearest higher peak: Shining Rock (1,841 m)
Range: Great Balsam Mountains
Region: North Carolina, United States
Protected area: Pisgah National Forest
Coordinates: 35.4099° N, 82.8564° W

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3D map

Cold Mountain 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cold Mountain terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Cold Mountain elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Cold Mountain weather

Tonight · Fair · 38°F (3°C) · Wind 6 mph SE

Cold Mountain forecast for the summit, about 1,678 m.

Tonight38°–6 mph SE
Sat36°51°–6 mph ENE
Sun37°51°–6 mph ESE
Mon44°56°–5 mph NNW
Tue44°59°–1–5 mph SSE
Wed44°54°1%5 mph SSE
Thu46°57°3%5 mph SSE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:25 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

9.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

52.0%

Steep, 30–45°

37.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.6%

Steeper than 30°: 38.3% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 905 m low point 931 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 98.9%Grassland 1.0%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 245 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Fire pink15
Canadian lousewort11
Painted trillium11
Red columbine10
Round-leaved sundew9
Solomon's plume8

Where it sits

Where Cold Mountain sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

KuwohiPeak · 2,025 m61 km WNW

Cold Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCold Mountain satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,836 m at the summit; the official height is 1,838 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,838 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	1,837 m	-1 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,836 m	-2 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,834 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,825 m	-13 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-27)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia