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Dry Run Mountain

Dry Run Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Dry Run Mountain rises to 1,003 m in Tennessee. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Narrows Knob, a peak 1.9 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31669437, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1003 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.36457, -81.89234

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Doe Mountain Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
  • Lower Gorge River Access: 6.6 mi
  • Watauga Gorge River Access: 7.9 mi
  • Ralph Stout Park: 9.2 mi
  • Buckeye Creek Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Buckeye Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
  • She Falls Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Blue Hole Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Mountaineer Falls: 11.3 mi
Historic sites: 30
Attractions: 24
  • Mountain Magic Resort: 6.0 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 13.1 mi
  • Fun 'N' Wheels: 15.3 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 15.8 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 16.3 mi
Museums: 19
Cliffs: 19
Artworks: 18
  • Hellbenders: 15.4 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 15.4 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 15.4 mi
  • Time and Honor: 15.4 mi
  • The Magic Mailbox: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Potters Truck Stop: 3.4 mi
  • Trials Playground: 6.4 mi
  • Elk Knob Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 13.7 mi
  • Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Gardens: 9
  • Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 13.7 mi
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 15.5 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 15.7 mi
Springs: 6
  • Hampton Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 18.0 mi
  • Cave Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 13.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Dry Run Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake MountainESE 103°1,697 m10.5 mi
Rich MountainESE 110°1,633 m10.4 mi
Rocky KnobSSE 167°1,502 m11.6 mi
Harmon KnobESE 117°1,466 m11.7 mi
The BaldE 99°1,420 m4.7 mi
Grassy KnobSE 129°1,403 m12.0 mi
Ellison MountainESE 111°1,355 m9.6 mi
Buckeye KnobESE 121°1,333 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1120:1120:49
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3616:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333642526067706964544437
Precip in4.43.74.34.64.45.25.24.22.93.13.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flat Springs 1E, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356798966

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