- Elevation, modelled
- 600 m
- Tallest summit within 12.8 miles
- Little Rock Knob1,499 m · 12.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Mission Crossing14.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:50local time
- Coordinates
- 36.3229, -82.1226
Wautauga Dam is a attraction in Tennessee, at a modelled 600 m. Little Rock Knob stands 1,499 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Shook Branch Swimming Area, a beach 1.4 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 14 miles off.
318 feet tall, 900 feet across. Completed in 1948
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 |
- 14.2 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 22.1 mi off the Little Parkway
- 23.1 mi off the Blue Ridge ParkwayNational
- 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
Peaks
- 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
Historic sites: 27
- 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
Waterfalls: 21
- 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
Museums: 14
- 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
Attractions: 11
- 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
Rest areas: 2
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 1
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 1.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Lost Cove: 23.4 mi
| 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).
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 7 mi
- Johnson City · 13 mi
- Bristol · 19 mi
- Kingsport · 28 mi
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