Lions Field
Lions Field is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 474 m. Unaka Mountain stands 1,579 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lyons Field Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 474 m
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 24.8 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 28.5 mi off the Little Parkway
- 29.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 29 mi
- Watauga View · 30 mi
- Calloway Peak · 30 mi
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lyons Field Park: 0.1 mi
- Sycamore Shoals Monument: 0.8 mi
- Sycamore Shoals Island: 1.4 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area: 1.6 mi
- Dixon Street Park: 1.7 mi
- Sabine Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bogart Knob: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Hill: 3.4 mi
- Vest Knob: 3.8 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Moody Cliff: 1.3 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 1.7 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Bee Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Pardee Point: 8.0 mi
- Fort Watauga: 1.6 mi
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: 1.6 mi
- Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga: 1.6 mi
- The Tipton Family: 1.7 mi
- Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga: 1.7 mi
- Laurel Falls: 8.6 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 10.0 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 10.9 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 12.3 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 13.4 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 1.6 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 6.4 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 11.2 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 11.4 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 11.6 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 4.4 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 4.5 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 8.4 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 12.4 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 13.1 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 8.4 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 22.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.5 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 3.0 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 22.8 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Junaluska: 6.2 mi
- Hampton Spring: 6.3 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 8.3 mi
- Lost Cove: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Lions Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unaka Mountain | S 186° | 1,579 m | 13.4 mi |
| Little Rock Knob | SSE 150° | 1,499 m | 14.1 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | S 173° | 1,359 m | 13.6 mi |
| White Rocks Mountain | SE 127° | 1,295 m | 12.0 mi |
| Iron Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,295 m | 13.7 mi |
| Piney Ball | S 175° | 1,288 m | 13.3 mi |
| Piney Bald | SSE 159° | 1,277 m | 13.1 mi |
| Big Ball | S 180° | 1,254 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 2 mi away.
- dame's rocket66 obs
- Monarch65 obs
- Purple Phacelia39 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail38 obs
- Huron Skipper36 obs
- rough horsetail34 obs
- Large Milkweed Bug34 obs
- Canada Goose32 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/356886968
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 2 mi
- Johnson City · 5 mi
- Bristol · 19 mi
- Kingsport · 21 mi
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