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Pine Mountain

Pine Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pine Mountain rises to 1,323 m in North Carolina. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the south, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Leander Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 13 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Johnson County, Tennessee, United States of America; geonames ID = 4649505.

Wikidata Q31683359, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,323 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.43388, -81.72134

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ralph Stout Park: 5.8 mi
  • Doe Mountain Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
  • Walter & Annie Cook Memorial Park: 11.2 mi
  • Green Valley Community Park: 11.8 mi
  • Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 12.2 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 33
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Bluff Mountain Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 28
Artworks: 18
  • Newman Basket Company: 14.4 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 15.0 mi
  • Hellbenders: 15.0 mi
  • Time and Honor: 15.1 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 15.1 mi
Museums: 15
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 14.0 mi
  • Children's Playhouse: 15.3 mi
  • Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 15.8 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 5.8 mi
  • Old Doe Lookout Tower: 12.8 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 13.5 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 14.2 mi
  • Nick Grindstaff monument: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Gardens: 8
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 5
  • Boiling Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Cave Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Brig Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 22.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Elk Shoals: 16.7 mi
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Pine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake MountainS1,697 m7.1 mi
Rich MountainS1,633 m8.4 mi
The PeakESE1,573 m4.8 mi
Bluff MountainESE1,542 m8.8 mi
Three Top MountainE1,530 m7.7 mi
Pond MountainNNE1,511 m10.4 mi
Old Field BaldSE1,506 m7.4 mi
Bald MountainESE1,502 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1120:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3616:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356827081

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