King Mountain

King Mountain: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit King Mountain

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach King Mountain — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 31.28459, -102.27403. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near King Mountain

• Bobcat Hills · viewpoint · Upton · ~26 km · Must-see
• Tunas Peak · viewpoint · Pecos · ~55 km · Must-see
• Imperial Dam · lake · Pecos · ~68 km · Must-see
• Odessa Meteor Crater · viewpoint · Ector · ~70 km · Must-see
• Castle Mountain · viewpoint · Upton · ~3 km
• Castle Gap · fort · Crane · ~9 km
• Castle Mountain · fort · Crane · ~9 km
• Charles Boothe Curry · fort · Crane · ~17 km
• Crane High School · fort · Crane · ~18 km
• Museum of the Desert Southwest · museum · Crane · ~18 km
• Early Humble Camp in Permian Basin · fort · Upton · ~21 km
• Castle Gap · fort · Upton · ~23 km
• Bobcat Hills · fort · Upton · ~25 km
• Crane County · fort · Crane · ~32 km
• Church and Fields Oil Discovery Well · fort · Crane · ~32 km
• First Baptist Church of Rankin · fort · Upton · ~40 km
• Camp Melvin and the Pontoon Crossing of the Pecos River · fort · Crockett · ~49 km
• Crane County High Point · viewpoint · Crane · ~51 km

See everything within a day’s drive of King Mountain

Other hill stations & viewpoints near King Mountain

• Bobcat Hills · viewpoint · Upton · ~26 km · Must-see
• Tunas Peak · viewpoint · Pecos · ~55 km · Must-see
• Odessa Meteor Crater · viewpoint · Ector · ~70 km · Must-see
• Sierra Madera · viewpoint · Pecos · ~123 km · Must-see
• Government Canyon · viewpoint · Crockett · ~149 km · Must-see
• Castle Mountain · viewpoint · Upton · ~3 km
• Crane County High Point · viewpoint · Crane · ~51 km
• Cedar Hill · viewpoint · Upton · ~52 km
• Big Mesa · viewpoint · Pecos · ~59 km
• Darrels Peak · viewpoint · Pecos · ~65 km

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