J Fred Johnson Park
J Fred Johnson Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 394 m. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 4.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 394 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 13.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 16 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 17 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 17 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Highland Park: 0.4 mi
- Borden Park: 0.8 mi
- Riverview Splash Park: 1.4 mi
- Rotary Park: 1.8 mi
- Brickyard Park: 1.8 mi
- Moore Hill: 2.0 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.9 mi
- Walker Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.8 mi
- Frisby Knob: 5.0 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 0.8 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 4.4 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 4.8 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 5.2 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 7.7 mi
- Kit Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Moody Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Dorn Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Baker Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Car Museum: 3.0 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 10.3 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 10.3 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 13.8 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 16.7 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 2.6 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 11.8 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 15.4 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 17.8 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 17.9 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 3.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 16.1 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 16.5 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 18.5 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 20.6 mi
- Junaluska: 16.4 mi
- Abrams Falls: 18.0 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of J Fred Johnson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneytop | SW 229° | 945 m | 13.2 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | SW 229° | 926 m | 13.2 mi |
| Big Knob | N 7° | 919 m | 9.1 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | SW 231° | 839 m | 16.5 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SW 234° | 789 m | 18.1 mi |
| Dickey Mountain | ENE 61° | 780 m | 16.9 mi |
| Walker Mountain | ENE 68° | 727 m | 15.2 mi |
| Holston River Mountain | WSW 255° | 707 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 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, 1 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer43 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler39 obs
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron37 obs
- Mallard36 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel34 obs
- Wood Duck27 obs
- American Robin25 obs
- common pawpaw24 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/259297173
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 1 mi
- Johnson City · 18 mi
- Bristol · 19 mi
- Elizabethton · 21 mi
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