High Point
High Point rises to 439 m in Tennessee. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the west-southwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lenoir Museum, a museum 0.8 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 0.8 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31673889, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 439 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 9.6 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- River Bluff Small Wild Area: 1.3 mi
- Norris Dam State Park: 2.5 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 3.0 mi
- Pine Hill Community Park: 5.7 mi
- Clinton-Jaycee Park: 8.3 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 1.0 mi
- Militia Hill: 6.0 mi
- Vowell Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Bald Knob: 7.2 mi
- Sun Butte: 7.2 mi
- Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Ghosts of Convict Miners: 5.5 mi
- Fort Anderson: 5.5 mi
- Agee: 5.6 mi
- Fire on Coal Creek: 5.6 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 0.8 mi
- Norris Museum: 1.9 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 2.9 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 4.9 mi
- Green McAdoo Cultural Center: 9.3 mi
- River Ridge: 4.2 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Monks Corner: 16.4 mi
- Hangover Rock: 17.3 mi
- Kitts Point: 19.4 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 18.6 mi
- House Mountain Park and State Natural Area: 18.8 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 19.0 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 21.6 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 14.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 18.7 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 19.7 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 20.1 mi
- Grow Lab: 20.1 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 1.1 mi
- Aspire: 9.7 mi
- Abandoned Train: 18.3 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 19.5 mi
- Train Cars: 21.7 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 18.2 mi
- Herron Spring: 23.8 mi
- Massengil Spring: 24.4 mi
- Strong rock spring: 24.5 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 19.8 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 20.3 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 20.5 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 23.1 mi
- Debord Falls: 23.6 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 24.6 mi
- Loyston: 7.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of High Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | WSW 259° | 1,075 m | 9.2 mi |
| The Flag Pole | WSW 259° | 1,075 m | 9.2 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | WSW 255° | 1,027 m | 10.6 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | WSW 252° | 1,008 m | 14.1 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,007 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | WSW 245° | 993 m | 12.4 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | WSW 247° | 984 m | 16.9 mi |
| Hatmaker Knob | WNW 290° | 976 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:19 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356810890
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