Jenkins Mountain
Jenkins Mountain rises to 927 m in Tennessee. Beartown Mountain stands 1,674 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hampton Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 15 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31675774, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 927 m
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 23.3 mi off the Little Parkway
- 24.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 24 mi
- Watauga View · 25 mi
- Calloway Peak · 25 mi
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Douglas Community Park: 4.2 mi
- Cat Island Park: 4.6 mi
- Edwards Island Park: 4.9 mi
- Kiwani's Park: 4.9 mi
- Harmon Park: 5.0 mi
- Cedar Hill: 2.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Pardee Point: 2.7 mi
- Flagpole Point: 3.1 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Moody Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Bee Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Elizabethton Veterans War Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Veteran's Walk of Honor: 4.9 mi
- Transylvania Purchase: 5.3 mi
- Watauga Purchase: 5.3 mi
- Watauga Fort: 5.3 mi
- Laurel Falls: 3.7 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 4.9 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 5.9 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 9.5 mi
- Mountaineer Falls: 12.7 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 5.3 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 11.6 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 13.1 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 13.1 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 15.1 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 5.3 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 8.8 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 8.9 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 16.6 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 16.8 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 4.5 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 19.7 mi
- Trials Playground: 23.1 mi
- Woods Walk: 24.0 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 7.4 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 23.3 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 24.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
- Hampton Spring: 1.5 mi
- Shanty Springs: 24.3 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 4.4 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Junaluska: 10.7 mi
- Lost Cove: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jenkins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beartown Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,674 m | 11.6 mi |
| Unaka Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,579 m | 11.4 mi |
| Little Rock Knob | SSE 162° | 1,499 m | 9.4 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SSW 194° | 1,359 m | 10.5 mi |
| Strawberry Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,347 m | 9.2 mi |
| Elkwallow Knob | SSW 194° | 1,314 m | 12.0 mi |
| White Rocks Mountain | SE 125° | 1,295 m | 6.8 mi |
| Iron Mountain | S 174° | 1,295 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356813097
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 5 mi
- Johnson City · 9 mi
- Bristol · 22 mi
- Kingsport · 26 mi
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