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.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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 12.1 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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