Big Oak Mountain
Big Oak Mountain rises to 632 m in Tennessee. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the east, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherokee Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.8 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31662707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 632 m
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 23.8 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 29.1 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Cherokee Purchase Unit: 3.4 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 3.9 mi
- Observation Park: 4.8 mi
- Holston View Park: 7.1 mi
- Little Oak Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Grandfather Knob: 2.1 mi
- Flint Rock: 2.3 mi
- Rich Knob: 3.7 mi
- Holston Mountain: 3.8 mi
- gross/morrel homestead: 5.4 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 5.7 mi
- Memorial Tower: 7.9 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Cobra: 9.5 mi
- Bee Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Backbone Rock: 14.4 mi
- Moody Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 5.4 mi
- Abrams Falls: 16.3 mi
- Laurel Falls: 16.9 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 17.9 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 18.0 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 4.8 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 11.1 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 13.4 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 14.8 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 16.8 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 9.5 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 14.0 mi
- William King Museum: 14.3 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 14.4 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 14.5 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 11.1 mi
- Trials Playground: 12.3 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 14.8 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 20.4 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Hampton Spring: 17.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.7 mi
- Cave Spring: 19.0 mi
- Brig Spring: 20.2 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 20.2 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 23.4 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 24.4 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 24.5 mi
- Heartwood: 13.3 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 17.0 mi
- Junaluska: 22.4 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 13.5 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 22.5 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 23.1 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 12.4 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 14.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Big Oak Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | E 90° | 1,295 m | 3.7 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | E 93° | 1,282 m | 9.2 mi |
| Holston Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,264 m | 3.8 mi |
| Holston High Knob | SSW 203° | 1,261 m | 3.8 mi |
| Locust Knob | E 87° | 1,223 m | 4.0 mi |
| McQueen Knob | ENE 59° | 1,177 m | 8.5 mi |
| Doe Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,163 m | 11.7 mi |
| Harp Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,152 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356884105
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 10 mi
- Elizabethton · 16 mi
- Johnson City · 22 mi
- Kingsport · 28 mi
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