Little Mountain
Little Mountain rises to 488 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the southeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is River Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31677826, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 488 m
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 14.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 16 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 16 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 16 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- River Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Pine Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Alec Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 3.6 mi
- Canebrake Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Laurel Run Park: 4.8 mi
- Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 5.2 mi
- Mount Carmel Park: 7.3 mi
- Eastman Recreation Area: 8.7 mi
- Bays Mountain Park: 8.8 mi
- Miller Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 5.0 mi
- The Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Kit Bluff: 11.4 mi
- The Rounds: 14.2 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 2.8 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 9.9 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 11.7 mi
- Rod Armstrong Building: 14.4 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 14.4 mi
- Car Museum: 12.6 mi
- Swift Museum: 14.5 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 15.4 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 15.4 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 17.1 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 11.2 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 24.6 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 24.7 mi
- Devil's Bathtub: 24.7 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 24.8 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 8.0 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 9.3 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 11.7 mi
- Junaluska: 22.9 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 24.5 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneytop | SE 145° | 945 m | 4.9 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | SE 145° | 926 m | 4.9 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | S 180° | 839 m | 5.7 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SSW 196° | 789 m | 6.3 mi |
| Stony Lump | SSW 203° | 766 m | 7.7 mi |
| Devils Nose | W 267° | 727 m | 13.9 mi |
| Holston River Mountain | ENE 65° | 707 m | 7.2 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | SW 219° | 675 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1291586 — Little Mountain, Hawkins County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356816968
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 12 mi
- Johnson City · 25 mi
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