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High Point

High Point, seen from above at true elevation

High Point rises to 966 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the south-southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is High Point Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Scott County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31673956, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
966 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.20425, -84.44021

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 28
Cliffs: 16
Museums: 12
  • Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 12.3 mi
  • Museum of Scott County: 15.0 mi
  • Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 15.8 mi
  • The Oak Ridge History Museum: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 5.0 mi
  • Train Cars: 8.8 mi
  • Winona General Store: 11.9 mi
  • Aspire: 19.3 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 19.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • Massengil Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Debord Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Angel Falls: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 21.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of High Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big FodderstackSSE 168°1,013 m6.8 mi
Buffalo MountainESE 112°1,008 m7.9 mi
Stallion MountainS 182°1,007 m3.9 mi
Squire KnobSSW 194°1,002 m3.8 mi
Frozen HeadS 190°1,001 m5.7 mi
Burge MountainSE 128°993 m2.8 mi
Walnut KnobS 187°988 m2.3 mi
Bald KnobSSW 201°985 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2220:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471747367574639
Precip in4.84.65.05.94.75.15.73.44.33.33.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancing 6 NW, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1287709 — High Point, Scott County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356810886

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