High Spur
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
- 16.9 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 26.4 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 27.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 29.1 mi off the Appalachian Medley
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 28 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Louderback Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Piney Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Short Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Big Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cove Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Saint Clair Park: 6.6 mi
- Baileyton Community Park: 7.6 mi
- Thomas Amis Historic Park: 7.8 mi
- The Big Spring: 12.7 mi
- Forest Park: 12.8 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 8.3 mi
- White Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Miller Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Skulley Bluff: 15.5 mi
- The Cliffs: 17.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- Camp Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
- Margarette Falls: 22.4 mi
- Pete's Branch Falls: 23.6 mi
- Kelly Falls: 23.9 mi
- Squibb Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
- Poor Valley Creek: 14.2 mi
- Johnson Ridge Small Wild Area: 16.7 mi
- Crosby Pothole Refuge: 18.4 mi
- Overlook Access: 23.8 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 24.4 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 9.5 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 11.7 mi
- Rocky Spring: 18.0 mi
- Tate Spring: 20.9 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 22.0 mi
- Vardy Presbyterian Church: 22.1 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 10.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of High Spur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneytop | ENE 65° | 945 m | 16.3 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | ENE 65° | 926 m | 16.3 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | ENE 66° | 839 m | 13.0 mi |
| Stone Mountain | ENE 64° | 789 m | 11.2 mi |
| Stony Lump | ENE 66° | 766 m | 9.6 mi |
| Devils Nose | N 349° | 727 m | 10.4 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | ENE 67° | 675 m | 4.8 mi |
| Brown Mountain | ENE 59° | 659 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
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
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 28 mi
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