Blue Rock Mountain
Blue Rock Mountain rises to 679 m in Tennessee. Chinquapin Knob stands 1,144 m to the southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is House Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31663247, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 679 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 13 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 20 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 20 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- House Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Yellow Knob: 1.0 mi
- Pleasant View: 1.0 mi
- Bearwallow Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Little Double: 1.9 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 5.5 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 5.5 mi
- The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 5.8 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 6.4 mi
- Paula Dean's Lumberjack Feud: 7.9 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 7.2 mi
- Patriot Park: 9.1 mi
- Bower Field Community Park: 9.8 mi
- Paine Memorial Park: 10.3 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 10.3 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 6.9 mi
- Meigs Falls: 7.5 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 8.3 mi
- Meigs Creek Cascade: 8.3 mi
- Mannis Branch Falls: 9.2 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 5.5 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 6.9 mi
- Cooter's Place: 8.1 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 8.2 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 10.1 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 9.1 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 9.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 9.9 mi
- John Sevier Monument: 9.9 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 13.8 mi
- East End: 4.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Emert Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Hanging Rock: 11.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 12.5 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 17.3 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 17.3 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 17.3 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 17.3 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 12.1 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Fish: 8.8 mi
- Veterans Statue: 10.6 mi
- Dolly Parton: 10.6 mi
- Bear: 12.4 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 14.8 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 14.4 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 14.8 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 15.0 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Elkmont: 11.1 mi
- Proctor: 20.7 mi
- Calderwood: 24.4 mi
- Strong rock spring: 17.0 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 19.1 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Blue Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinquapin Knob | SE 138° | 1,144 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cove Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,061 m | 8.3 mi |
| Round Top | SSE 153° | 936.479 m | 6.3 mi |
| Green Top | NE 44° | 921 m | 3.8 mi |
| Curry He Mountain | SSE 153° | 920.956 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NE 37° | 899 m | 2.8 mi |
| Little Double | NNE 31° | 851 m | 1.9 mi |
| Raven Den | ESE 111° | 823 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356788889
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