Park · Tennessee
Watauga Scenic Area
Watauga Scenic Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 873 m. Hump Mountain stands 1,688 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pond Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 873 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.29289, -82.09874
- 11.8 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 19.7 mi off the Little Parkway
- 20.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 20 mi
- Watauga View · 20 mi
- Calloway Peak · 20 mi
- Storyteller Rock · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Pond Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Firescald Knob: 1.8 mi
- Walnut Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Potato Top: 2.5 mi
- Little Pond Mountain: 2.5 mi
Parks
- Watauga Point Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
- Roan Mountain Community Park: 6.5 mi
- Cat Island Park: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 28
- Laurel Falls: 2.4 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 2.8 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 2.9 mi
- Mountaineer Falls: 8.1 mi
- Jones Falls: 9.0 mi
Historic sites: 28
- Elizabethton Veterans War Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Veteran's Walk of Honor: 7.6 mi
- Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 8.5 mi
- Transylvania Purchase: 9.2 mi
- Watauga Purchase: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 25
- Cardens Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Pardee Point: 4.1 mi
- Flagpole Point: 4.4 mi
- Bee Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Moody Cliff: 10.4 mi
Museums: 17
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 9.3 mi
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 14.5 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 15.4 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 17.2 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 15
- Junaluska: 16.1 mi
- Hellbenders: 23.6 mi
- Doc and Merle Watson: 23.7 mi
- Doc Watson Statue: 23.7 mi
- The Rock: 23.7 mi
Attractions: 12
- Wautauga Dam: 2.5 mi
- Mountain Magic Resort: 13.4 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 14.2 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 14.3 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 1.7 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 14.3 mi
- Trials Playground: 17.8 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 12.7 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 18.8 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 19.8 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 7
- ETSU Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 23.4 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 23.6 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 23.9 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 23.9 mi
Springs: 3
- Hampton Spring: 4.2 mi
- Shanty Springs: 20.1 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 1
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 1.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Lost Cove: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Watauga Scenic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hump Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,688 m | 11.6 mi |
| Beartown Mountain | S 190° | 1,674 m | 12.2 mi |
| Little Hump Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,587 m | 12.0 mi |
| Little Rock Knob | SSW 196° | 1,499 m | 10.3 mi |
| Strawberry Mountain | S 189° | 1,347 m | 9.3 mi |
| Little Stone Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,305 m | 8.5 mi |
| White Rocks Mountain | S 181° | 1,295 m | 4.8 mi |
| Iron Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,295 m | 11.3 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, 9 mi away.
- Mallard10 obs
- Canada Goose7 obs
- baldcypress7 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail6 obs
- Christmas fern6 obs
- pink lady's slipper5 obs
- American tuliptree5 obs
- sassafras5 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/356895500
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 8 mi
- Johnson City · 14 mi
- Bristol · 21 mi
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