Little Mountain
Little Mountain rises to 922 m in Tennessee. Cloudland Mountain stands 1,883 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 17 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Carter County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1646830).
Wikidata Q31677741, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 922 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 24.6 mi off the Little Parkway
- 25.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 26 mi
- Grandfather Mountain Overlook · 26 mi
- Little Bald Overlook · 26 mi
- Watauga View · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lyons Field Park: 4.6 mi
- Lions Field: 4.7 mi
- Sycamore Shoals Monument: 4.9 mi
- Douglas Community Park: 5.2 mi
- Kiwani's Park: 5.3 mi
- Cedar Hill: 1.5 mi
- Jenkins Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Honeycomb Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Stone Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Transylvania Purchase: 5.5 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 5.5 mi
- Watauga Purchase: 5.5 mi
- Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga: 5.5 mi
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: 5.5 mi
- Pardee Point: 4.6 mi
- Flagpole Point: 4.8 mi
- Moody Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Laurel Falls: 5.9 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 6.9 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 7.9 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 8.0 mi
- Martin Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 5.5 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 10.7 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 10.8 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 11.1 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 13.0 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 7.1 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 7.2 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 7.7 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 17.0 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 17.4 mi
- Junaluska: 9.0 mi
- Rock Bridge: 24.3 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 24.3 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 24.3 mi
- Stream: 24.3 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 6.9 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 22.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.8 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.8 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 5.9 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Hampton Spring: 4.0 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 6.8 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Lost Cove: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudland Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,883 m | 12.6 mi |
| Beartown Mountain | SSE 150° | 1,674 m | 11.6 mi |
| Unaka Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,579 m | 9.6 mi |
| Little Rock Knob | SSE 147° | 1,499 m | 9.5 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | S 181° | 1,359 m | 9.2 mi |
| Strawberry Mountain | SE 138° | 1,347 m | 9.7 mi |
| Beauty Spot | SSW 206° | 1,347 m | 11.4 mi |
| Elkwallow Knob | S 184° | 1,314 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| 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/356894885
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 5 mi
- Johnson City · 7 mi
- Bristol · 23 mi
- Kingsport · 25 mi
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