Graveyard Hill
Graveyard Hill rises to 502 m in Tennessee. Holston Mountain stands 1,264 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Ayers Knob, a peak 1.8 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 14 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31672276, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 502 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 21.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 26 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 26 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Springs Park: 5.0 mi
- Indian Springs Ballfields: 5.2 mi
- Wells Park: 5.4 mi
- Island Park: 5.5 mi
- Bluff City Playground: 5.5 mi
- Ayers Knob: 1.8 mi
- Zachs Knob: 2.7 mi
- Hamilton Hill: 4.5 mi
- Strawberry Ridge: 4.6 mi
- Strawberry Top: 4.6 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Cobra: 9.5 mi
- Massengill Monument: 9.8 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 10.0 mi
- Memorial Tower: 10.4 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Dorn Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Moody Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Baker Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 8.6 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 9.4 mi
- Car Museum: 13.2 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 13.6 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 13.6 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 2.1 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 4.6 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 11.8 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 13.0 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 14.7 mi
- Abrams Falls: 10.9 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 15.9 mi
- Laurel Falls: 20.9 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 22.5 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 23.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 6.5 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 6.9 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 12.5 mi
- Junaluska: 14.4 mi
- Heartwood: 21.5 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 21.7 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 19.4 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 22.9 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 14.8 mi
- Hampton Spring: 19.2 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Graveyard Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holston Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,264 m | 15.0 mi |
| Holston High Knob | ESE 110° | 1,261 m | 15.0 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | S 184° | 1,005 m | 18.3 mi |
| White Rock | S 181° | 980 m | 17.9 mi |
| Jenkins Mountain | SSE 157° | 927 m | 18.8 mi |
| Little Mountain | SSE 165° | 922 m | 19.0 mi |
| Big Knob | NW 314° | 919 m | 13.4 mi |
| Haynes Knob | S 181° | 839 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 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 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bristol AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356851292
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 9 mi
- Kingsport · 12 mi
- Elizabethton · 14 mi
- Johnson City · 15 mi
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