Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 983 m in Tennessee. Roan High Knob stands 1,916 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 13 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31662925, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 983 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 20.5 mi off the Little Parkway
- 21.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 21 mi
- Watauga View · 21 mi
- Calloway Peak · 22 mi
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Watauga Scenic Area: 2.8 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
- Watauga Point Recreation Area: 4.5 mi
- Roan Mountain Community Park: 6.2 mi
- Cat Island Park: 6.3 mi
- Potato Top: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Campbell Pen Knob: 2.1 mi
- Pond Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Laurel Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Laurel Falls: 0.4 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 1.8 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 2.7 mi
- Mountaineer Falls: 9.5 mi
- Jones Falls: 10.1 mi
- Pardee Point: 1.4 mi
- Flagpole Point: 1.7 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Bee Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Moody Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Elizabethton Veterans War Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Veteran's Walk of Honor: 6.7 mi
- Transylvania Purchase: 7.8 mi
- Watauga Purchase: 7.9 mi
- Watauga Fort: 7.9 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 7.9 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 14.2 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 15.7 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 15.7 mi
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 16.1 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 3.6 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 12.1 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 12.2 mi
- Mountain Magic Resort: 15.8 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 17.9 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 2.3 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 17.1 mi
- Trials Playground: 20.6 mi
- Woods Walk: 21.0 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 10.7 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 20.1 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 21.3 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 23.8 mi
- Hampton Spring: 1.9 mi
- Shanty Springs: 21.3 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 22.3 mi
- Junaluska: 14.0 mi
- The Market on Oak: 25.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 2.2 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Lost Cove: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roan High Knob | S 175° | 1,916 m | 11.7 mi |
| Cloudland Mountain | S 177° | 1,883 m | 11.6 mi |
| Round Bald | S 170° | 1,770 m | 11.6 mi |
| Hump Mountain | SE 142° | 1,688 m | 11.7 mi |
| Beartown Mountain | S 179° | 1,674 m | 10.6 mi |
| Little Hump Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,587 m | 11.8 mi |
| Little Rock Knob | S 183° | 1,499 m | 8.5 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SSW 211° | 1,359 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356788540
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 7 mi
- Johnson City · 12 mi
- Bristol · 22 mi
- Kingsport · 29 mi
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