Hancock County Welcome Center
Hancock County Welcome Center is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 354 m. White Rocks stands 1,019 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sneedville City Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
county in Tennessee, United States
Dates from 1844.
Wikidata Q495059, matched on coordinates and name (321 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hancock County Historical & Henealogical Society & Welcome Center
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 13.5 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 16.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 23.6 mi off the Pine Mountain Road
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
- Pinnacle Overlook · 26 mi
- Cumberland Gap Pinnacle Overlook · 26 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jabez Knob: 1.8 mi
- Willis Hill: 4.5 mi
- Short Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Phoebe Butt: 5.6 mi
- Doubling Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Sneedville City Park: 0.4 mi
- appartment playground: 0.4 mi
- Hancock Mid/High: 1.5 mi
- Cumberland Bowl Park: 12.6 mi
- Jonesville Park: 12.7 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 3.9 mi
- Vardy Presbyterian Church: 3.9 mi
- NARROW: 23.1 mi
- The Soup Bowl: 23.4 mi
- waterfall: 23.6 mi
- Bean Station Veterans Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Joseph Rogers Building: 14.4 mi
- Kyle House: 14.4 mi
- Hale Springs Inn: 14.4 mi
- Rod Armstrong Building: 14.4 mi
- Fletcher Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Slanting Misery: 8.9 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 12.9 mi
- The Rounds: 13.4 mi
- White Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Poor Valley Creek: 11.6 mi
- Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
- Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 14.9 mi
- Stone Mountain Natural Area: 15.7 mi
- Bean Station History Museum: 13.3 mi
- Swift Museum: 14.2 mi
- Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 20.4 mi
- Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 20.4 mi
- Grainger County Historical Archives: 24.2 mi
- Rocky Spring: 13.7 mi
- Tate Spring: 15.0 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 14.1 mi
- Doughboy Statue: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Hancock County Welcome Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Rocks | NW 307° | 1,019 m | 15.7 mi |
| Fox Knob | NNW 335° | 997 m | 20.7 mi |
| Grays Knob | NNW 347° | 973 m | 18.3 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | NE 46° | 972 m | 20.5 mi |
| Kitts Knob | N 5° | 959 m | 20.2 mi |
| Potato Knob | NNW 334° | 941 m | 18.5 mi |
| Notch Rock | N 6° | 893 m | 14.6 mi |
| Butterfly Knob | NW 317° | 890 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:41 | 17:22 |
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, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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