Nelson High Point
Nelson High Point rises to 852 m in Tennessee. Unaka Mountain stands 1,579 m to the east-southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Unicoi County Heritage Museum, a museum 1.6 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 18 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31681398, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 852 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 21.9 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 25.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 27.6 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- North Toe River Valley (MP 318.4) · 26 mi
- Three Knob Overlook (MP 338.8) · 27 mi
- Deerlick Gap Overlook (MP 337.2) · 27 mi
- The Loops Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fishery Park: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Park: 3.5 mi
- Limestone Cove Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
- Eugene P. Price Kiwanis Park: 3.8 mi
- Unaka Mountain Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Beauty Spot: 3.4 mi
- Pinnacle Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Buffalo Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Unaka Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Devils Looking Glass: 4.8 mi
- Martin Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 5.6 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 8.4 mi
- Sill Branch Falls: 9.6 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 10.0 mi
- Stony Point: 4.4 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Roan High Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Flagpole Point: 13.0 mi
- WWII Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 3.8 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 9.5 mi
- Carillion: 9.9 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 1.6 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 1.7 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 11.1 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 11.2 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 11.3 mi
- Junaluska: 11.5 mi
- Rock Bridge: 17.2 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 17.2 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 17.2 mi
- Stream: 17.2 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 23.5 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 23.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 23.6 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 10.8 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 10.9 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 17.4 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 23.8 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 16.4 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 16.3 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 23.6 mi
- Lost Cove: 6.6 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 10.9 mi
- Hampton Spring: 13.4 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nelson High Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unaka Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,579 m | 4.0 mi |
| Flattop | SSW 199° | 1,432 m | 8.2 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | ESE 107° | 1,359 m | 6.7 mi |
| Beauty Spot | SSE 152° | 1,347 m | 3.4 mi |
| Elkwallow Knob | ESE 120° | 1,314 m | 6.9 mi |
| High Rocks | SSW 202° | 1,308 m | 10.2 mi |
| Iron Mountain | E 97° | 1,295 m | 10.0 mi |
| Loggy Knob | ESE 113° | 1,294 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1295385 — Nelson High Point, Unicoi County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356823162
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 11 mi
- Elizabethton · 14 mi
- Kingsport · 28 mi
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