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Cedar Cliffs

Cedar Cliffs, seen from above at true elevation

Cedar Cliffs rises to 335 m in Tennessee. Bluff Mountain stands 899 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31665972, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
335 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.85981, -83.88962

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rockford Community Park: 3.7 mi
  • Gary Underwood Park: 3.7 mi
  • Blount County Access Area: 3.9 mi
  • Charter E. Doyle Park: 4.2 mi
  • South Knoxville Optimist Park: 4.6 mi
Attractions
  • Knox Selfie Lab: 7.7 mi
  • Ramsey House Plantation: 8.3 mi
  • Nick's MTB Trails: 8.6 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 8.6 mi
  • River Rat Tubing Outpost: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 26
Waterfalls: 16
  • Boyd Hollow Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Abrams Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Meadow Branch Cascade: 17.4 mi
  • White Oak Sinks Falls: 17.5 mi
Gardens: 10
Artworks: 8
Springs: 6
  • Love's Creek Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Strong rock spring: 14.8 mi
  • Herron Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Saratoga Pavillion: 15.0 mi
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Cedar Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bluff MountainESE 108°899 m12.2 mi
Little DoubleESE 112°851 m11.7 mi
Bench MountainESE 111°805 m12.3 mi
Bearwallow MountainSE 125°720 m10.8 mi
Pleasant ViewSE 124°712 m10.7 mi
Blue Rock MountainESE 121°679 m11.6 mi
Yellow KnobESE 117°657 m11.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE 100°624 m12.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1419:48
June solstice06:2020:1820:56
September equinox07:2419:0019:34
December solstice07:4316:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149576674777671594840
Precip in5.25.15.35.24.54.05.83.44.13.14.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1305752 — Cedar Cliffs, Knox County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356844001

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