The Rounds
The Rounds is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 401 m. Bowling Knob stands 1,075 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Hill, a peak 3.3 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 9.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 401 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 13.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 23.4 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 26.6 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 11 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 16 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 16 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Baker Hill: 3.3 mi
- Stanley Knobs: 6.0 mi
- Gravelly Knobs: 6.7 mi
- Caney Knobs: 6.9 mi
- Big Rock: 7.2 mi
- Lee Horse and Hunt Club: 8.0 mi
- Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 9.8 mi
- Thomas Amis Historic Park: 10.4 mi
- Cumberland Bowl Park: 11.3 mi
- Jonesville Park: 11.5 mi
- Rod Armstrong Building: 11.2 mi
- Kyle House: 11.3 mi
- Hale Springs Inn: 11.3 mi
- Joseph Rogers Building: 11.3 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 11.9 mi
- Swift Museum: 11.1 mi
- Hancock County Welcome Center: 13.4 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 13.9 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 14.3 mi
- Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 22.5 mi
- Miller Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Fletcher Cliff: 17.3 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- The Cliffs: 20.8 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 11.3 mi
- Vardy Presbyterian Church: 11.3 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 23.3 mi
- Black Mountain Thunder Zipline: 24.6 mi
- The Soup Bowl: 24.7 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 15.7 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 17.0 mi
- Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 17.2 mi
- Poor Valley Creek: 19.4 mi
- Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 19.8 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 18.6 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 19.0 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 19.4 mi
- Rocky Spring: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of The Rounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Knob | NE 36° | 1,075 m | 17.7 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | N 8° | 972 m | 11.7 mi |
| Chimneytop | SE 126° | 945 m | 18.7 mi |
| Cliff Mountain | NE 37° | 934 m | 16.7 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | SE 126° | 926 m | 18.7 mi |
| Notch Rock | NW 316° | 893 m | 16.5 mi |
| Stocker Knob | NNE 20° | 880 m | 17.0 mi |
| Elk Knob | N 6° | 876 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogersville 1 NE, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356779063
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- Kingsport · 24 mi
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