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High Spur

High Spur, seen from above at true elevation

High Spur rises to 588 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Louderback Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 17 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31674040, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
588 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.30760, -82.97127

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
Cliffs: 18
Historic sites: 13
  • Joseph Rogers Building: 7.1 mi
  • Hale Springs Inn: 7.1 mi
  • Kyle House: 7.1 mi
  • Rod Armstrong Building: 7.1 mi
  • Valentine Sevier Home: 12.7 mi
Museums: 9
  • Swift Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 7.4 mi
  • Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 7.4 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 12.7 mi
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Overlook Access: 23.8 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 24.4 mi
  • Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 9.5 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 11.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rocky Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Tate Spring: 20.9 mi
Attractions: 2
Artworks: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of High Spur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ChimneytopENE 65°945 m16.3 mi
Chimneytop MountainENE 65°926 m16.3 mi
Fodderstack MountainENE 66°839 m13.0 mi
Short MountainWNW 294°808 m12.7 mi
Stone MountainENE 64°789 m11.2 mi
Stony LumpENE 66°766 m9.6 mi
Devils NoseN 349°727 m10.4 mi
Brokenback MountainENE 67°675 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1520:1520:54
September equinox07:2018:5719:30
December solstice07:4016:4117:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in4.64.24.54.54.14.44.93.23.32.73.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogersville 1 NE, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1287720 — High Spur, Greene County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356810915

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