Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area
Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 1,027 m. Roan High Knob stands 1,916 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Dennis Cove Waterfall, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 9.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1027 m
How to reach it
- 9.5 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 17.4 mi off the Little Parkway
- 18.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.1 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 18 mi
- Watauga View · 18 mi
- Calloway Peak · 18 mi
- Grandmother View · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Firescald Knob: 1.1 mi
- Walnut Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Campbell Pen Knob: 2.0 mi
- Pond Mountain: 2.4 mi
- White Rocks Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 1.6 mi
- Watauga Scenic Area: 2.6 mi
- Roan Mountain Community Park: 3.9 mi
- Watauga Point Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Roan Mountain State Park: 5.9 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 0.9 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 1.9 mi
- Laurel Falls: 3.0 mi
- Mountaineer Falls: 6.1 mi
- Jones Falls: 6.8 mi
- Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 7.4 mi
- Elizabethton Veterans War Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Veteran's Walk of Honor: 9.7 mi
- Transylvania Purchase: 11.1 mi
- Watauga Purchase: 11.1 mi
- Flagpole Point: 4.0 mi
- Pardee Point: 4.1 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Bee Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Coltens Cliff: 10.8 mi
- Junaluska: 17.4 mi
- Hellbenders: 22.4 mi
- Doc and Merle Watson: 22.5 mi
- Doc Watson Statue: 22.5 mi
- The Rock: 22.5 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 11.1 mi
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 12.7 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 14.7 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 17.4 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 18.0 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 5.0 mi
- Mountain Magic Resort: 12.7 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 15.4 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 15.6 mi
- Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 15.9 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 3.9 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 15.4 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Woods Walk: 17.9 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 15.8 mi
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 22.2 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 22.4 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 22.6 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 22.7 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 14.0 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 16.8 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 17.9 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 20.7 mi
- Hampton Spring: 5.3 mi
- Shanty Springs: 18.0 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 19.1 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 4.0 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 23.7 mi
- Lost Cove: 21.9 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roan High Knob | SSW 191° | 1,916 m | 10.7 mi |
| Cloudland Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,883 m | 10.8 mi |
| Grassy Ridge Bald | S 179° | 1,879 m | 10.8 mi |
| Round Bald | S 186° | 1,770 m | 10.4 mi |
| Jane Bald | S 183° | 1,770 m | 10.4 mi |
| Hump Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,688 m | 9.0 mi |
| Beartown Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,674 m | 10.0 mi |
| Little Hump Mountain | SSE 161° | 1,662 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roan MTN 3SW, 6 mi away.
- pink lady's slipper7 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain6 obs
- stalked puffball-in-aspic6 obs
- mountain laurel5 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
- Eastern Newt4 obs
- striped maple4 obs
- Ghost Pipe4 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 node/356774684
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 10 mi
- Johnson City · 15 mi
- Bristol · 24 mi
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