Little Oak Mountain
Little Oak Mountain rises to 610 m in Tennessee. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the east-southeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherokee Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.0 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31678106, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 610 m
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 24.8 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 28.5 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 27.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 1.0 mi
- Cherokee Purchase Unit: 2.4 mi
- Observation Park: 3.9 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Holston View Park: 6.2 mi
- Big Oak Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Grandfather Knob: 1.2 mi
- Flint Rock: 3.2 mi
- Observation Knob: 3.7 mi
- Rich Knob: 4.1 mi
- gross/morrel homestead: 4.7 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 6.7 mi
- Memorial Tower: 7.1 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Cobra: 8.7 mi
- Bee Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Backbone Rock: 14.2 mi
- Moody Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 17.7 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 6.3 mi
- Abrams Falls: 15.4 mi
- Laurel Falls: 17.8 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 18.7 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 18.8 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 4.0 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 10.8 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 14.3 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 14.6 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 16.6 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 8.7 mi
- William King Museum: 13.4 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 13.5 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 13.6 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 14.5 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 12.0 mi
- Trials Playground: 12.9 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 15.7 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 19.4 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Hampton Spring: 17.8 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.7 mi
- Cave Spring: 19.0 mi
- Brig Spring: 20.1 mi
- Heartwood: 12.3 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 16.7 mi
- Junaluska: 22.8 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 12.5 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 23.0 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 23.7 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 20.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 22.4 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 24.4 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 11.4 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 11.7 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 15.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Little Oak Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | ESE 104° | 1,295 m | 4.1 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | E 99° | 1,282 m | 9.6 mi |
| Holston Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,264 m | 4.7 mi |
| Holston High Knob | SSW 194° | 1,261 m | 4.7 mi |
| Locust Knob | E 100° | 1,223 m | 4.4 mi |
| McQueen Knob | ENE 66° | 1,177 m | 8.2 mi |
| Doe Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,163 m | 12.5 mi |
| Harp Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,152 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1328741 — Little Oak Mountain, Sullivan County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356885364
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 9 mi
- Elizabethton · 16 mi
- Johnson City · 22 mi
- Kingsport · 27 mi
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