Peak · Tennessee
Big Pine Mountain
Big Pine Mountain rises to 1,074 m in Tennessee. Grassy Ridge Bald stands 1,879 m to the south-southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountaineer Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31662739, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1074 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.21568, -81.98706
- 3.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 11.6 mi off the Little Parkway
- 12.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.4 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 12 mi
- Watauga View · 12 mi
- Calloway Peak · 12 mi
- Storyteller Rock · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Waterfalls
- Mountaineer Falls: 0.3 mi
- Splash Dam Falls: 0.8 mi
- Jones Falls: 0.9 mi
- Buckeye Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
- She Falls Falls: 6.2 mi
Parks
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 0.6 mi
- Buckeye Creek Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Roan Mountain Community Park: 5.0 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
Peaks
- Little Pine Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Round Knob: 1.8 mi
- Stout Hill: 3.2 mi
- Little Stone Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Poga Mountain: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 28
- Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 3.8 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Old Doe Lookout Tower: 12.9 mi
- Elizabethton Veterans War Memorial: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 26
- Mountain Magic Resort: 8.5 mi
- Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 9.8 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 10.6 mi
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 12.6 mi
- Stack Rock: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 21
- High Point Cliff: 7.3 mi
- Flagpole Point: 9.8 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Pardee Point: 10.0 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 10.9 mi
Artworks: 21
- Hellbenders: 16.8 mi
- The Rock: 16.8 mi
- Doc and Merle Watson: 16.9 mi
- Doc Watson Statue: 16.9 mi
- Hephaestus: 16.9 mi
Museums: 17
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 6.6 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 9.6 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 12.1 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 17.0 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 9.8 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Woods Walk: 12.0 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
Gardens: 10
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 16.7 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 16.8 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 17.0 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 17.0 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 17.3 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Elk Valley Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 10.6 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 11.8 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 15.9 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 16.4 mi
Springs: 3
- Hampton Spring: 11.4 mi
- Shanty Springs: 11.9 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 2
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 9.9 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Mortimer: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Big Pine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grassy Ridge Bald | SSW 213° | 1,879 m | 9.5 mi |
| Jane Bald | SW 218° | 1,770 m | 9.6 mi |
| Hump Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,688 m | 5.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,663 m | 6.3 mi |
| Little Hump Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,662 m | 6.7 mi |
| Big Yellow Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,658 m | 7.6 mi |
| Pinnacles of the Beech | ESE 111° | 1,652 m | 6.3 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,637 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:38 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flat Springs 1E, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1327630 — Big Pine Mountain, Carter County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356884109
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 16 mi
- Johnson City · 22 mi
- Bristol · 29 mi
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