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Long Mountain

Long Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Long Mountain rises to 445 m in Tennessee. Walnut Mountain stands 859 m to the south-southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Negro Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31678806, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
445 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.55258, -84.15882

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
  • Indian Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Indian Mountain State Park: 2.5 mi
  • Indian Mountain State Park: 2.8 mi
  • Greenlee Park: 2.8 mi
  • Veterans Park: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 18
Cliffs: 9
Natural arches: 9
  • Hole In Rock Arch: 17.0 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 20.9 mi
  • Moonshiner’s Arch: 21.5 mi
  • Schoolhouse Arch: 23.7 mi
  • Coal Branch Natural Arch: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Museums: 5
  • Campbell County Historical: 11.9 mi
  • Whitley County Historical Society and Museum: 13.0 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 23.0 mi
  • Museum of Scott County: 23.0 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 24.0 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Winona General Store: 20.1 mi
  • Train Cars: 21.7 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 3.8 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 5.3 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Long Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walnut MountainSSW 198°859 m8.4 mi
Koker KnobESE 120°850 m11.0 mi
Steamboat RockSSE 147°779 m9.9 mi
Sexton MountainWSW 242°761 m10.2 mi
Chimney MountainWSW 251°756 m10.8 mi
Ned MountainWSW 245°756 m10.9 mi
Short MountainSSW 197°727 m11.0 mi
Lamb MountainW 266°720 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:49
June solstice06:1920:2120:59
September equinox07:2519:0119:35
December solstice07:4616:4517:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556572757468574639
Precip in4.65.05.25.14.85.05.83.83.62.83.85.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356817589

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