Black Mountain College
Black Mountain College was a private liberal arts college in Black Mountain, North Carolina. It was founded in 1933 by John Andrew Rice, Theodore Dreier, and several others.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: HowardMorland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: School
- Description: college in the United States known for its liberal and arts education
- Also known as: “Black Mountain College Historic District” and “BMC”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swannanoa and Ridgecrest.
Swannanoa
Village
Swannanoa is a census-designated place in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population 5,021 at the 2020 census up from 4,576 at the 2010 census. Swannanoa is situated 3 miles southwest of Black Mountain College.
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 4½ miles east of Black Mountain College.
Black Mountain College
- Categories: art academy, university building, arts venue, and education
- Location: Black Mountain, Buncombe, North Carolina Mountains, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.63095° or 35° 37′ 51″ northLongitude
-82.36318° or 82° 21′ 47″ westElevation
2,329 feet (710 metres)Open location code
867VJJJP+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 357800823OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=school
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Black Mountain College” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كلية الجبل الأسود”
- Catalan: “Black Mountain College”
- Chinese: “黑山大學”
- Chinese: “黑山学院”
- Czech: “Black Mountain College”
- Danish: “Black Mountain College”
- Dutch: “Black Montain College”
- Dutch: “Black Mountain College”
- French: “Black Mountain College”
- Galician: “Black Mountain College”
- German: “Black Mountain College”
- German: “BMC”
- Greek: “Κολέγιο Black Mountain”
- Hebrew: “בלאק מאונטיין קולג‘”
- Irish: “Black Mountain College”
- Italian: “Black Mountain College”
- Japanese: “ブラック・マウンテン・カレッジ”
- Korean: “블랙마운틴 칼리지”
- Latin: “Collegium Montis Atri”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Black Mountain College”
- Norwegian: “Black Mountain College”
- Piemontese: “Black Mountain College”
- Polish: “Black Mountain College”
- Portuguese: “Black Mountain College”
- Slovak: “Black Mountain College”
- Spanish: “Black Mountain College”
- Swedish: “Black Mountain College”
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