The Cliffs
The Cliffs is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 402 m. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the west-northwest, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Kyle Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 402 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 19.6 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 · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kyle Hill: 1.2 mi
- Chimneytop: 2.1 mi
- Chimneytop Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Wire Knob: 2.8 mi
- Nathan Peak: 2.8 mi
- Laurel Run Park: 7.2 mi
- Eastman Recreation Area: 8.5 mi
- Bays Mountain Park: 8.9 mi
- Eagle Scout Project Park: 9.1 mi
- Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium: 9.4 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 7.3 mi
- Miller Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Kit Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Baker Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Dorn Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 8.9 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 9.1 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 11.4 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 13.4 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 17.4 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 9.8 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 9.9 mi
- David Crockett Museum: 12.8 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 13.1 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 13.1 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 19.4 mi
- Sill Branch Falls: 20.3 mi
- Pine Ridge Falls: 20.3 mi
- Josiah Falls: 20.7 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 21.1 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 10.3 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 18.6 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 18.8 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 21.3 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 5.9 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 8.1 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 9.5 mi
- Junaluska: 16.8 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of The Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneytop | WNW 303° | 945 m | 2.1 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | WNW 303° | 926 m | 2.1 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | W 263° | 839 m | 4.6 mi |
| Stone Mountain | W 262° | 789 m | 6.4 mi |
| Stony Lump | WSW 256° | 766 m | 7.9 mi |
| Holston River Mountain | NNE 14° | 707 m | 8.4 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | WSW 252° | 675 m | 12.6 mi |
| Brown Mountain | WSW 257° | 659 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:14 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356840132
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 12 mi
- Johnson City · 19 mi
- Elizabethton · 25 mi
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