Brokenback Mountain
Brokenback Mountain rises to 675 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31663908, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 675 m
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 22.7 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 24.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 29.6 mi off the Appalachian Medley
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 26 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 26 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 27 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Baileyton Community Park: 3.0 mi
- Thomas Amis Historic Park: 6.8 mi
- Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 9.6 mi
- Saint Clair Park: 10.9 mi
- The Big Spring: 12.3 mi
- Short Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Brown Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Dodson Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Cove Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Louderback Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Swift Museum: 8.3 mi
- Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 12.2 mi
- Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 12.2 mi
- City Garage Car Museum: 12.5 mi
- The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 12.5 mi
- Miller Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 11.8 mi
- The Cliffs: 12.6 mi
- White Cliff: 16.0 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Rod Armstrong Building: 8.1 mi
- Hale Springs Inn: 8.1 mi
- Kyle House: 8.1 mi
- Joseph Rogers Building: 8.1 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 10.0 mi
- Margarette Falls: 21.6 mi
- Pete's Branch Falls: 21.9 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
- Squibb Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 24.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 4.8 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 6.9 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 21.6 mi
- Poor Valley Creek: 18.2 mi
- Johnson Ridge Small Wild Area: 21.4 mi
- Crosby Pothole Refuge: 23.0 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 21.9 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 23.3 mi
- Vardy Presbyterian Church: 23.3 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 15.2 mi
- Rocky Spring: 22.3 mi
- Overlook Access: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Brokenback Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneytop | ENE 64° | 945 m | 11.4 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | ENE 64° | 926 m | 11.4 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | ENE 66° | 839 m | 8.2 mi |
| Stone Mountain | ENE 62° | 789 m | 6.4 mi |
| Stony Lump | ENE 65° | 766 m | 4.8 mi |
| Devils Nose | NW 322° | 727 m | 10.5 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NE 39° | 659 m | 1.8 mi |
| Wire Knob | ENE 60° | 616 m | 13.5 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356790176
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 23 mi
- Johnson City · 30 mi
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