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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area from directly overhead

Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 453 m. White Rocks Mountain stands 1,295 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Watauga, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Mission Crossing passes 21 miles off.

Visiting

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Getting there

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Coordinates36.34449, -82.25401

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sycamore Shoals Island: 0.2 mi
  • Dixon Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Kiwani's Park: 0.6 mi
  • Sycamore Shoals Monument: 0.9 mi
  • Lyons Field Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 28
Historic sites: 27
Waterfalls: 23
  • Laurel Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Coon Den Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Dennis Cove Waterfall: 10.7 mi
  • Blue Hole Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Red Fork Falls: 13.4 mi
Museums: 13
Attractions: 8
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 5.8 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 5.8 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 7.5 mi
  • Appalachian Caverns: 11.5 mi
  • Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 7.7 mi
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Potters Truck Stop: 20.9 mi
  • Trials Playground: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 17.3 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Springs: 1
  • Hampton Spring: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 1
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 7.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Rocks MountainSE 134°1,295 m12.0 mi
Piney BaldSSE 165°1,277 m13.9 mi
Holston MountainNE 51°1,264 m12.6 mi
Holston High KnobNE 52°1,261 m12.5 mi
Clarke MountainSSE 166°1,250 m12.4 mi
Walnut MountainESE 117°1,218 m11.0 mi
Firescald KnobESE 117°1,218 m11.0 mi
Stone MountainS 185°1,129 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:1220:1220:51
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3816:3817:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471757468574639
Precip in3.83.84.03.84.45.25.94.23.02.83.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • dame's rocket70 obs
  • Monarch66 obs
  • Purple Phacelia40 obs
  • rough horsetail38 obs
  • Large Milkweed Bug38 obs
  • Huron Skipper37 obs
  • common milkweed35 obs
  • American pokeweed32 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000721OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/96905066

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