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.
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
- Reservoir Hill: 1.0 mi
- Observation Point: 1.1 mi
- Militia Hill: 6.0 mi
- Vowell Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Bald Knob: 7.2 mi
- 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
- 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 18.1 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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