Pisgah Forest is an unincorporated community in Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It sits at an elevation of 2100 feet (640 m) along U.S. Route 64, northeast of Brevard. It is approximately a 30-minute drive from the Asheville Regional Airport. The community lies in an area noted for its many waterfalls and white squirrels. Pisgah Forest is a popular retirement area, at least partly because of the many hiking trails and trout streams of the nearby Pisgah National Forest and the DuPont State Forest.
Pisgah Forest | |
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Unincorporated community | |
![]() ![]() Pisgah Forest Location within the state of North Carolina | |
Coordinates: 35°15′15″N 82°42′0″W | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
County | Transylvania |
Elevation | 2,100 ft (600 m) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 28768 |
Area code(s) | 828 |
GNIS feature ID | 1021989[1] |
Climate data for Pisgah Forest, North Carolina (1981–2010 normals),[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °F (°C) | 49.5 (9.7) |
52.8 (11.6) |
60.2 (15.7) |
68.7 (20.4) |
75.5 (24.2) |
81.9 (27.7) |
84.7 (29.3) |
83.6 (28.7) |
78.1 (25.6) |
70 (21) |
61.2 (16.2) |
51.6 (10.9) |
68.2 (20.1) |
Average low °F (°C) | 24.4 (−4.2) |
27.1 (−2.7) |
32.5 (0.3) |
39.7 (4.3) |
48.3 (9.1) |
56.6 (13.7) |
60.5 (15.8) |
60.1 (15.6) |
53.3 (11.8) |
41.7 (5.4) |
32.7 (0.4) |
26.3 (−3.2) |
41.9 (5.5) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.45 (138) |
5.29 (134) |
5.48 (139) |
4.36 (111) |
4.73 (120) |
5.46 (139) |
5.53 (140) |
5.71 (145) |
5.16 (131) |
4.15 (105) |
5.18 (132) |
5.23 (133) |
61.73 (1,568) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 2.9 (7.4) |
1.9 (4.8) |
0.5 (1.3) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.6 (1.5) |
6.1 (15) |
Source: xmACIS2 (Monthly Climate Normals)[2] |
Municipalities and communities of Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States | ||
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County seat: Brevard | ||
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