Dorn Bluff
Dorn Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 445 m. Buffalo Mountain stands 1,005 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Bluff, a cliff 0.9 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 10.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 445 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 18.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 21 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 22 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 22 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Warriors Path State Park: 1.3 mi
- Riverbend Park: 3.6 mi
- Washington County Fairgrounds: 4.0 mi
- Eagle Scout Project Park: 4.4 mi
- Indian Springs Ballfields: 5.0 mi
- Spurgeon Knob: 3.0 mi
- Pine Hill: 4.0 mi
- Shannon Knob: 4.1 mi
- Moore Hill: 4.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.1 mi
- Baker Bluff: 0.9 mi
- Moody Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 3.6 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Kit Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 4.4 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 4.7 mi
- Massengill Monument: 8.5 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 9.4 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 9.4 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 6.4 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 6.5 mi
- Car Museum: 8.1 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 8.8 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 12.4 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 5.9 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 8.6 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 12.4 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 12.7 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 12.8 mi
- Abrams Falls: 18.2 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 22.2 mi
- Laurel Falls: 23.3 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 23.9 mi
- Sill Branch Falls: 24.5 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 4.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.8 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 15.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 18.8 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 21.1 mi
- Junaluska: 11.4 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 13.7 mi
- Hampton Spring: 21.2 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 22.4 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Dorn Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,005 m | 15.9 mi |
| White Rock | SSE 153° | 980 m | 16.0 mi |
| Chimneytop | WSW 250° | 945 m | 14.1 mi |
| Cherokee Mountain | SSE 161° | 931 m | 16.2 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | WSW 251° | 926 m | 14.1 mi |
| Big Knob | N 351° | 919 m | 13.2 mi |
| Haynes Knob | SSE 154° | 839 m | 17.1 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | WSW 248° | 839 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:14 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bristol AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356798623
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 6 mi
- Johnson City · 13 mi
- Elizabethton · 16 mi
- Bristol · 18 mi
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