High Point
High Point rises to 400 m in Tennessee. Green Top stands 921 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31673922, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 400 m
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 28.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 24 mi
- Norris Dam Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzard Hill: 0.7 mi
- Betsy Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Nichols Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bowman Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bower Field Community Park: 2.8 mi
- Gary Underwood Park: 2.9 mi
- Charter E. Doyle Park: 3.7 mi
- South Knoxville Optimist Park: 4.6 mi
- Urban Wilderness Gateway Park: 4.7 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 5.9 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 7.0 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 9.3 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 11.1 mi
- The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 15.0 mi
- Ramsey House Visitor Center: 6.0 mi
- McClung Museum: 6.3 mi
- Blount Mansion: 6.4 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 6.4 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 6.6 mi
- Knoxville Historic Train: 6.3 mi
- James White Fort: 6.4 mi
- Terra: 6.7 mi
- Miller's Building Arch: 6.7 mi
- 79th New York Infantry Momument: 6.8 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 6.8 mi
- Wright Bluff: 8.4 mi
- East End: 12.2 mi
- Keller Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 2.5 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 17.0 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 17.8 mi
- Meigs Falls: 17.9 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 18.2 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 6.3 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 6.3 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 6.3 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 6.3 mi
- Grow Lab: 6.7 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 6.2 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 6.4 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 6.7 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 11.5 mi
- Veterans Statue: 16.1 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 3.6 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 4.1 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 5.1 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 17.2 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 9.5 mi
- Strong rock spring: 12.2 mi
- Herron Spring: 17.6 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 22.0 mi
- Hardin Spring: 22.2 mi
- Elkmont: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of High Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Top | ESE 115° | 921 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | ESE 120° | 899 m | 10.9 mi |
| Little Double | SE 125° | 851 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bench Mountain | ESE 123° | 805 m | 11.2 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | SE 140° | 720 m | 10.4 mi |
| Pleasant View | SE 138° | 712 m | 10.2 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | SE 135° | 679 m | 11.0 mi |
| Yellow Knob | SE 130° | 657 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356810881
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