Andrews Geyser
Andrews Geyser is a man-made fountain in Old Fort, North Carolina in McDowell County. The fountain is named for Colonel Alexander Boyd Andrews, a North Carolina native who was the Vice President of the Southern Railway Company and one of the people responsible for the construction of the railroad between Old Fort and Asheville, North Carolina, in the late 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ridgecrest and Old Fort.
Ridgecrest
Hamlet
Ridgecrest is an unincorporated community in eastern Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States, off Interstate 40/U.S. Route 70. The community is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Ridgecrest is situated 3 miles southwest of Andrews Geyser.
Old Fort
Village
Black Mountain
Photo: Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Black Mountain is a town in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 8,426 at the 2020 United States census. It is part of the Asheville metropolitan area.
Andrews Geyser
- Type: Geyser
- Description: fountain in McDowell County, North Carolina, United States of America
- Categories: protected area, fountain, and body of water
- Location: McDowell, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.65105° or 35° 39′ 4″ northLongitude
-82.24167° or 82° 14′ 30″ westElevation
2,057 feet (627 metres)Inception
1879Open location code
867VMQ25+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 357805486OpenStreetMap feature
natural=geyserGeoNames ID
4452665Wikidata ID
Q4759075
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In Other Languages
“Andrews Geyser” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Andrews Geyser”
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Highlights include Andrews Geyser and Brookside Missionary Baptist Church.
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