Cedar Mountain
Cedar Mountain rises to 1,004 m in Tennessee. Roan High Knob stands 1,916 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pardee Point, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 13 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Carter County, Tennessee, United States.
Wikidata Q31666049, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,004 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 21.1 mi off the Little Parkway
- 22.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 24.1 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 22 mi
- Watauga View · 22 mi
- Calloway Peak · 22 mi
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Watauga Scenic Area: 3.7 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
- Watauga Point Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
- Douglas Community Park: 5.8 mi
- Cat Island Park: 5.9 mi
- Black Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Potato Top: 1.4 mi
- Fork Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Jenkins Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Laurel Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Laurel Falls: 1.4 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 2.5 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 3.5 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 10.0 mi
- Mountaineer Falls: 10.3 mi
- Pardee Point: 0.8 mi
- Flagpole Point: 1.3 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Bee Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Moody Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Elizabethton Veterans War Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Veteran's Walk of Honor: 6.3 mi
- Transylvania Purchase: 7.3 mi
- Watauga Purchase: 7.3 mi
- Watauga Fort: 7.3 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 7.3 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 13.6 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 14.7 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 14.7 mi
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 16.9 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 4.2 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 11.2 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 11.3 mi
- Mountain Magic Resort: 16.8 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 17.8 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 2.9 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 18.0 mi
- Trials Playground: 21.5 mi
- Woods Walk: 21.7 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 9.8 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 15.3 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 20.9 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 22.1 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 24.8 mi
- Hampton Spring: 1.3 mi
- Shanty Springs: 22.0 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 23.1 mi
- Junaluska: 13.2 mi
- The Market on Oak: 24.9 mi
- Art & Frame Store: 25.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 2.9 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 11.5 mi
- Lost Cove: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cedar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roan High Knob | S 170° | 1,916 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cloudland Mountain | S 172° | 1,883 m | 11.5 mi |
| Round Bald | SSE 165° | 1,770 m | 11.6 mi |
| Jane Bald | SSE 162° | 1,770 m | 11.9 mi |
| Beartown Mountain | S 173° | 1,674 m | 10.5 mi |
| Little Rock Knob | S 176° | 1,499 m | 8.3 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SSW 207° | 1,359 m | 10.7 mi |
| Strawberry Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,347 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1305782 — Cedar Mountain, Carter County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356844079
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 6 mi
- Johnson City · 11 mi
- Bristol · 23 mi
- Kingsport · 28 mi
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