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Little Stone Mountain

Little Stone Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Stone Mountain rises to 1,305 m in Tennessee. Hump Mountain stands 1,688 m to the south-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Ridge Lookout Tower, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Mission Crossing passes 5.9 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31678341, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1305 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.26167, -81.95167

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
  • Lower Gorge River Access: 3.8 mi
  • Buckeye Creek Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
  • Watauga Gorge River Access: 5.7 mi
  • Wynn Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls
  • Mountaineer Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Buckeye Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Splash Dam Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Jones Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 28
Attractions: 26
  • Mountain Magic Resort: 5.4 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 10.4 mi
  • Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 10.8 mi
  • Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 12.3 mi
  • Stack Rock: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 22
Artworks: 21
  • Hellbenders: 15.2 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 15.2 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 15.2 mi
  • The Rock: 15.3 mi
  • Time and Honor: 15.3 mi
Museums: 14
Picnic sites: 10
Gardens: 10
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 15.2 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Appalachian Roots Garden: 15.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Springs: 3
  • Hampton Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 12.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 10.2 mi
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Little Stone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hump MountainSSW 202°1,688 m9.0 mi
Beech MountainSE 144°1,663 m6.6 mi
Little Hump MountainSSW 204°1,662 m10.4 mi
Pinnacles of the BeechSE 144°1,652 m6.7 mi
Little Hump MountainSSW 205°1,587 m10.0 mi
Sugar MountainSSE 156°1,585 m10.4 mi
Hanging RockSE 136°1,582 m10.3 mi
Rocky KnobSE 125°1,502 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1120:1120:49
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3616:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333642526067706964544437
Precip in4.43.74.34.64.45.25.24.22.93.13.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flat Springs 1E, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1291678 — Little Stone Mountain, Carter County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356817080

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