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Lost Mountain

Lost Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Lost Mountain rises to 455 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West, a rest area 0.5 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 21 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31679017, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
455 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.34482, -82.77516

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Cliffs: 23
Historic sites: 17
  • Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 8.4 mi
  • Valentine Sevier Home: 13.0 mi
  • McKee Street "Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty": 13.1 mi
  • Rod Armstrong Building: 13.5 mi
  • Hale Springs Inn: 13.6 mi
Museums: 16
  • David Crockett Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Doak House Museum: 11.8 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 13.1 mi
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Swift Museum: 13.8 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Pete's Branch Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Squibb Creek Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Hell Hollow Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Margarette Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Pine Ridge Falls: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 0.5 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 1.8 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Kingsport Aquatic Center: 16.4 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 23.5 mi
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 23.7 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Lost Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ChimneytopNE945 m5.8 mi
Chimneytop MountainNE926 m5.8 mi
Fodderstack MountainNNE839 m2.8 mi
Stone MountainNNW789 m2.5 mi
Stony LumpWNW766 m2.5 mi
Devils NoseWNW727 m15.0 mi
Holston River MountainNNE707 m13.6 mi
Brokenback MountainW675 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0919:43
June solstice06:1420:1520:53
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:4016:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in4.64.24.54.54.14.44.93.23.32.73.44.9

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 1292088 — Lost Mountain, Greene County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356817671

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