Looking Glass Mountain
Looking Glass Mountain rises to 756 m in Tennessee. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the south-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31678909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 756 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 22.4 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 25.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 27.0 mi off the Mission Crossing
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 26 mi
- Walker Knob Overlook (MP 359.8) · 27 mi
- Three Knob Overlook (MP 338.8) · 28 mi
- Glassmine Falls Overlook (MP 361.2) · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Knob: 0.4 mi
- Devils Looking Glass: 1.1 mi
- Temple Hill: 3.3 mi
- Rich Hill: 3.5 mi
- Embreeville Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Eugene P. Price Kiwanis Park: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Park: 2.1 mi
- Unicoi Wildlife Management Area: 2.3 mi
- Fishery Park: 4.3 mi
- Unaka Mountain Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- Stony Point: 2.0 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Yarbrough Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Yarprough Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Martin Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Sill Branch Falls: 4.2 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 4.7 mi
- Josiah Falls: 4.8 mi
- Pine Ridge Falls: 4.8 mi
- WWII Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 8.3 mi
- Carillion: 13.1 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 13.4 mi
- Moye Rest: 13.6 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 4.4 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 4.4 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 11.4 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 11.6 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 11.8 mi
- Junaluska: 14.2 mi
- Rock Bridge: 16.9 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 16.9 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 16.9 mi
- Stream: 16.9 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 14.2 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 14.3 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 22.8 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 22.8 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 24.8 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 23.8 mi
- Terrace garden: 23.9 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 21.8 mi
- Overlook Access: 24.4 mi
- Hampton Spring: 18.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 23.4 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 24.5 mi
- Lost Cove: 4.8 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 14.8 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Looking Glass Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bald | SSW 193° | 1,674 m | 9.7 mi |
| Big Stamp | SSW 193° | 1,639 m | 9.5 mi |
| Unaka Mountain | E 87° | 1,579 m | 8.7 mi |
| Little Bald | S 183° | 1,575 m | 8.3 mi |
| Green Ridge Knob | WSW 239° | 1,480 m | 11.0 mi |
| Gravel Knob | WSW 245° | 1,478 m | 10.8 mi |
| Big Butt | WSW 247° | 1,467 m | 10.9 mi |
| Flattop | SSE 156° | 1,432 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1328784 — Looking Glass Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356885391
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 14 mi
- Elizabethton · 19 mi
- Kingsport · 29 mi
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