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Mount Carmel Park

Mount Carmel Park from directly overhead

Mount Carmel Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 474 m. Bowling Knob stands 1,075 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Hill, a peak 2.2 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 6.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
474 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.55065, -82.67988

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Allandale Mansion: 2.7 mi
  • Laurel Run Park: 3.8 mi
  • Dogwood Park: 4.6 mi
  • Bays Mountain Park: 4.9 mi
  • Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 15
  • Battle of Kingsport: 3.8 mi
  • Coach Harry Fry: 8.7 mi
  • Eagle Scout Dedication: 9.2 mi
  • Dickson Elementary School: 9.4 mi
  • Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 9.4 mi
Museums: 14
Attractions: 6
  • Kingsport Aquatic Center: 6.9 mi
  • Devil's Bathtub: 18.2 mi
  • Appalachian Caverns: 20.4 mi
  • Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 24.0 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 14.7 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 16.3 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 24.2 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Mount Carmel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bowling KnobNNW 338°1,075 m16.7 mi
ChimneytopS 189°945 m10.0 mi
Cliff MountainNNW 336°934 m15.9 mi
Chimneytop MountainS 189°926 m9.9 mi
Big KnobNE 51°919 m12.5 mi
Butt of Powell MountainNW 321°863 m17.6 mi
Fodderstack MountainSSW 201°839 m12.3 mi
Stone MountainSSW 207°789 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0919:43
June solstice06:1320:1520:53
September equinox07:1918:5519:29
December solstice07:4016:3917:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048586673777670584740
Precip in3.94.04.14.03.83.75.03.83.02.43.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingsport, 9 mi away.

  • Midland Mud Salamander6 obs
  • Variegated Fritillary5 obs
  • Red Salamander4 obs
  • Common Box Turtle4 obs
  • Huron Skipper4 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander3 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel3 obs
  • Solomon's plume3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356848700

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