Moody Bluff
Moody Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 388 m. Buffalo Mountain stands 1,005 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Warriors Path State Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 7.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 388 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 16.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 19 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 20 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 20 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Warriors Path State Park: 0.8 mi
- Riverbend Park: 2.0 mi
- J Fred Johnson Park: 3.1 mi
- Highland Park: 3.3 mi
- Borden Park: 3.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.9 mi
- Moore Hill: 3.1 mi
- Spurgeon Knob: 5.0 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.1 mi
- Shannon Knob: 6.2 mi
- Dorn Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Baker Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Kit Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 2.6 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 3.9 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 7.4 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 7.7 mi
- Massengill Monument: 10.5 mi
- Car Museum: 6.1 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 8.0 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 8.1 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 10.7 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 14.3 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 4.4 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 9.4 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 13.2 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 14.8 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 14.9 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 3.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.8 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 15.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 18.9 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 21.1 mi
- Abrams Falls: 17.5 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 23.5 mi
- Junaluska: 13.5 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 15.6 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 15.7 mi
- Hampton Spring: 23.1 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 24.3 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Moody Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,005 m | 18.0 mi |
| White Rock | SSE 152° | 980 m | 18.0 mi |
| Chimneytop | WSW 242° | 945 m | 13.9 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | WSW 242° | 926 m | 13.9 mi |
| Big Knob | N 355° | 919 m | 11.2 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | WSW 241° | 839 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sunset Point | SSE 154° | 783 m | 17.4 mi |
| Dickey Mountain | NE 50° | 780 m | 16.3 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 | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| 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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingsport, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356839351
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 4 mi
- Johnson City · 15 mi
- Bristol · 18 mi
- Elizabethton · 18 mi
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