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Can Lot

Can Lot, seen from above at true elevation

Can Lot rises to 998 m in Tennessee. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the southwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is No Business Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 9.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31427121, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
998 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.04594, -82.43958

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 51
  • Big Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Martin Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Lower Higgins Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Birchfield Camp Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Josiah Falls: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • WWII Memorial: 6.6 mi
  • Moye Rest: 9.5 mi
  • Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 9.7 mi
  • Otway Burns: 11.8 mi
  • Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
Museums: 17
Artworks: 10
  • Rock Bridge: 11.9 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 11.9 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 11.9 mi
  • Stream: 11.9 mi
  • Friends: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Navitat Canopy Adventures: 17.2 mi
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 19.3 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 19.4 mi
  • Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 19.7 mi
  • French Broad Rafting: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 21.2 mi
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 21.6 mi
  • Overlook Access: 23.3 mi
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 5
  • ETSU Community Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Mountain Gardens: 18.9 mi
  • Terrace garden: 18.9 mi
  • Camp Celo Gardens: 20.9 mi
  • Mitchell Giving Gardens: 22.6 mi
Springs: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.7 mi
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Can Lot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big BaldSW 216°1,674 m4.8 mi
Big StampSW 218°1,639 m4.6 mi
Unaka MountainNE 53°1,579 m10.0 mi
Little BaldSSW 204°1,575 m2.9 mi
Upper Haw KnobSSW 207°1,492 m6.9 mi
Sampson MountainS 182°1,454 m6.0 mi
Elk Wallow KnobSSW 199°1,452 m7.1 mi
Sampson PeakS 182°1,442 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:42
June solstice06:1420:1320:51
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3716:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556371747368574639
Precip in3.53.33.84.04.85.15.54.83.32.52.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1279485 — Can Lot, Unicoi County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356792198

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