High Point
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
- 12.2 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 15.8 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Point Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Sandy Gap Mountan: 1.8 mi
- Norman Pond Knob: 1.8 mi
- Walnut Knob: 2.3 mi
- Frozen Head State Environmental Education Area: 5.6 mi
- RC Park: 10.3 mi
- Solomon Park and Civic Center: 10.4 mi
- Arrow Head Park: 12.5 mi
- Robbins Park: 13.0 mi
- Marlow Elementary School Cafeteria: 14.7 mi
- Why Miners Fought: 15.1 mi
- Convict Lease System: 15.1 mi
- Coal Creek War: 15.1 mi
- Militia Hill: 15.1 mi
- McCoy Rocks: 15.0 mi
- Sheep Rock: 16.2 mi
- Image Wall: 16.5 mi
- River Ridge: 18.2 mi
- Red Cliff: 19.1 mi
- 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
- 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
- Massengil Spring: 14.3 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 17.7 mi
- Delozier Spring: 22.1 mi
- Poplar Spring: 22.8 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 4.5 mi
- Debord Falls: 5.0 mi
- Angel Falls: 23.3 mi
- Fork Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Montgomery: 11.6 mi
- Wheat: 18.9 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 17.2 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 18.5 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 20.0 mi
- Diocese Arch: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of High Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Fodderstack | SSE 168° | 1,013 m | 6.8 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,008 m | 7.9 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | S 182° | 1,007 m | 3.9 mi |
| Squire Knob | SSW 194° | 1,002 m | 3.8 mi |
| Frozen Head | S 190° | 1,001 m | 5.7 mi |
| Burge Mountain | SE 128° | 993 m | 2.8 mi |
| Walnut Knob | S 187° | 988 m | 2.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 201° | 985 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.7 |
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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