Big Mountain
Big Mountain rises to 535 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31662640, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 535 m
How to reach it
- 16.8 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 26.9 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 28.1 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Short Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Little Piney Mountain: 2.1 mi
- High Spur: 2.2 mi
- Bluff Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Chinquapin Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Saint Clair Park: 7.9 mi
- Baileyton Community Park: 8.0 mi
- Thomas Amis Historic Park: 9.9 mi
- The Big Spring: 10.7 mi
- Forest Park: 10.7 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 10.0 mi
- White Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Skulley Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Miller Bluff: 15.6 mi
- The Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Joseph Rogers Building: 9.4 mi
- Hale Springs Inn: 9.4 mi
- Kyle House: 9.4 mi
- Rod Armstrong Building: 9.4 mi
- Valentine Sevier Home: 10.7 mi
- Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 7.1 mi
- Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 7.1 mi
- Swift Museum: 9.6 mi
- City Garage Car Museum: 10.7 mi
- The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 10.7 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Margarette Falls: 20.4 mi
- Kelly Falls: 21.6 mi
- Pete's Branch Falls: 21.8 mi
- Dudley Falls: 22.3 mi
- Poor Valley Creek: 15.4 mi
- Johnson Ridge Small Wild Area: 17.2 mi
- Crosby Pothole Refuge: 18.9 mi
- Rocky Spring: 18.9 mi
- Tate Spring: 21.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.8 mi
- Overlook Access: 21.5 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 22.1 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 9.7 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 11.9 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 24.2 mi
- Vardy Presbyterian Church: 24.2 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 11.9 mi
- Van Lester Estate: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Big Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneytop | ENE 57° | 945 m | 16.9 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | ENE 57° | 926 m | 16.9 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | ENE 57° | 839 m | 13.6 mi |
| Stone Mountain | NE 53° | 789 m | 12.0 mi |
| Stony Lump | NE 54° | 766 m | 10.3 mi |
| Devils Nose | NNW 348° | 727 m | 12.6 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | NE 44° | 675 m | 5.7 mi |
| Kelly Knob | SSE 152° | 661 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogersville 1 NE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1277345 — Big Mountain, Greene County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356788229
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 29 mi
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