Wautauga Dam
Wautauga Dam is an attraction in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 600 m. Little Rock Knob stands 1,499 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cardens Bluff, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 14 miles off.
318 feet tall, 900 feet across. Completed in 1948
What to expect
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 22.1 mi off the Little Parkway
- 23.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.1 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 23 mi
- Watauga View · 23 mi
- Calloway Peak · 23 mi
- Storyteller Rock · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Watauga Point Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Watauga Scenic Area: 2.5 mi
- Cat Island Park: 5.0 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Harmon Park: 5.1 mi
- Pond Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Potato Top: 3.7 mi
- Little Pond Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Elizabethton Veterans War Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Veteran's Walk of Honor: 5.5 mi
- Transylvania Purchase: 7.3 mi
- Watauga Purchase: 7.3 mi
- Watauga Fort: 7.3 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 0.3 mi
- Bee Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Pardee Point: 4.9 mi
- Flagpole Point: 5.3 mi
- Moody Cliff: 8.5 mi
- Laurel Falls: 3.5 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 4.8 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 5.0 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 8.1 mi
- Mountaineer Falls: 10.5 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 7.4 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 13.2 mi
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 16.7 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 18.4 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 18.4 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 12.8 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 12.9 mi
- Mountain Magic Resort: 15.0 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 15.1 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 15.6 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 1.4 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 14.4 mi
- Trials Playground: 17.8 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 11.3 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 21.0 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 22.0 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 22.9 mi
- Hampton Spring: 4.0 mi
- Shanty Springs: 22.5 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 23.4 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 1.4 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 13.4 mi
- Junaluska: 14.6 mi
- Lost Cove: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Wautauga Dam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock Knob | S 187° | 1,499 m | 12.0 mi |
| Strawberry Mountain | S 181° | 1,347 m | 11.3 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,305 m | 10.4 mi |
| White Rocks Mountain | S 170° | 1,295 m | 7.0 mi |
| Piney Bald | SSW 197° | 1,277 m | 12.4 mi |
| Holston Mountain | NNE 15° | 1,264 m | 9.6 mi |
| Holston High Knob | NNE 15° | 1,261 m | 9.6 mi |
| Clarke Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,250 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/474243135
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 7 mi
- Johnson City · 13 mi
- Bristol · 19 mi
- Kingsport · 28 mi
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