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Cove Mountain

Cove Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cove Mountain rises to 623 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the east-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Stony Lump, a peak 1.9 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1281424)

Wikidata Q31668041, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
623 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.37709, -82.84204

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
  • Baileyton Community Park: 3.0 mi
  • Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 6.5 mi
  • Thomas Amis Historic Park: 6.8 mi
  • Laurel Run Park: 12.2 mi
  • Saint Clair Park: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 17
  • Swift Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Doak House Museum: 14.6 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 14.9 mi
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 15.0 mi
  • David Crockett Museum: 15.6 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 6.2 mi
  • Rod Armstrong Building: 9.3 mi
  • Hale Springs Inn: 9.4 mi
  • Kyle House: 9.4 mi
  • Joseph Rogers Building: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Pete's Branch Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Margarette Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Squibb Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Camp Creek Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Hell Hollow Falls: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 3.4 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 4.5 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Artworks: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ChimneytopENE 74°945 m7.8 mi
Chimneytop MountainENE 74°926 m7.8 mi
Fodderstack MountainE 85°839 m4.7 mi
Stone MountainE 87°789 m2.9 mi
Stony LumpESE 119°766 m1.9 mi
Devils NoseWNW 300°727 m10.6 mi
Holston River MountainNE 51°707 m14.5 mi
Brokenback MountainSW 224°675 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0919:43
June solstice06:1520:1520:53
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:4016:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in4.64.24.54.54.14.44.93.23.32.73.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogersville 1 NE, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1281424 — Cove Mountain, Hawkins County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356796605

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