McAfee Bluff
McAfee Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 464 m. Stone Mountain stands 1,129 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Winged Deer Park Disc Golf Course, a park 1.3 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 464 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 25.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 28.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 28 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 29 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Winged Deer Park Disc Golf Course: 1.3 mi
- Winged Deer Park: 1.5 mi
- Winged Deer Park: 1.5 mi
- Lakeview Park: 3.9 mi
- Civitan Park: 4.9 mi
- Rocky Mount: 2.9 mi
- Shannon Knob: 3.0 mi
- Master Knob: 3.5 mi
- Spurgeon Knob: 4.1 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 4.1 mi
- Massengill Monument: 1.6 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Carillion: 6.8 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 7.9 mi
- Fort Watauga: 8.3 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Baker Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 6.5 mi
- Dorn Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Laurel Falls: 16.6 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 17.6 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 18.0 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 18.7 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 19.0 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 2.8 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 6.3 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 6.3 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 8.4 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 8.6 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 6.0 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 6.2 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 8.0 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 11.0 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 12.5 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 10.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 15.8 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 21.5 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 23.7 mi
- Junaluska: 5.2 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Hampton Spring: 14.4 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 15.9 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 16.0 mi
- Lost Cove: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of McAfee Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,129 m | 14.8 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SE 131° | 1,101 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | S 176° | 1,074 m | 12.7 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | S 176° | 1,048 m | 12.7 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,005 m | 9.5 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | SE 126° | 1,004 m | 15.6 mi |
| White Rock | SSE 163° | 980 m | 9.4 mi |
| Honeycomb Mountain | SSE 150° | 935 m | 13.7 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 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356819174
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 6 mi
- Elizabethton · 9 mi
- Kingsport · 13 mi
- Bristol · 17 mi
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