Can Lot
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
- 9.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 19.8 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 21.3 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 21.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Walker Knob Overlook (MP 359.8) · 21 mi
- Glassmine Falls Overlook (MP 361.2) · 22 mi
- Three Knob Overlook (MP 338.8) · 23 mi
- View Black Mountain Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- No Business Knob: 1.3 mi
- High Rocks: 1.7 mi
- Flattop: 1.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Temple Hill: 2.6 mi
- Veterans Park: 6.6 mi
- Eugene P. Price Kiwanis Park: 6.8 mi
- Unicoi Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Fishery Park: 8.7 mi
- Unaka Mountain Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- Stony Point: 7.5 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Yarbrough Cliff: 13.5 mi
- Yarprough Cliff: 13.5 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 8.7 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 8.7 mi
- McElroy House: 11.8 mi
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex: 11.8 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 16.4 mi
- Rock Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 11.9 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 11.9 mi
- Stream: 11.9 mi
- Friends: 11.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 19.7 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 21.6 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 22.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.8 mi
- Hampton Spring: 22.1 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.7 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 24.8 mi
- Lost Cove: 2.7 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bald | SW 216° | 1,674 m | 4.8 mi |
| Big Stamp | SW 218° | 1,639 m | 4.6 mi |
| Unaka Mountain | NE 53° | 1,579 m | 10.0 mi |
| Little Bald | SSW 204° | 1,575 m | 2.9 mi |
| Upper Haw Knob | SSW 207° | 1,492 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | S 182° | 1,454 m | 6.0 mi |
| Elk Wallow Knob | SSW 199° | 1,452 m | 7.1 mi |
| Sampson Peak | S 182° | 1,442 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
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
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 19 mi
- Elizabethton · 23 mi
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