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Pond Mountain

Pond Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pond Mountain rises to 1,354 m in North Carolina. Mount Rogers stands 1,744 m to the northeast, 8.6 miles off. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in Johnson County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31683904, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1354 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.58345, -81.66650

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pond Mountain: 0.9 mi
  • Brier Ridge: 1.0 mi
  • Flat Spring Ridge: 1.1 mi
  • Catface Ridge: 1.4 mi
  • Bearpen Ridge: 1.6 mi
Parks: 31
Waterfalls: 8
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 14.0 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 6.8 mi
  • AT2020: 6.8 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 7.7 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 9.8 mi
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 10.6 mi
Museums: 8
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 11.1 mi
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 14.7 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 15.6 mi
  • Smyth County Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Trials Playground: 13.5 mi
  • Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • Potters Truck Stop: 17.0 mi
  • Elk Knob Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Cave Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Brig Spring: 3.4 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Newman Basket Company: 7.6 mi
  • Heartwood: 20.2 mi
  • Wooly: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RogersNE 52°1,744 m8.6 mi
Wilburn RidgeENE 60°1,689 m9.5 mi
Whitetop MountainNE 42°1,684 m5.1 mi
Pine MountainENE 58°1,684 m9.5 mi
Buzzard RockNE 38°1,553 m4.5 mi
Little PinnacleENE 71°1,551 m9.4 mi
Grave MountainNE 36°1,540 m9.8 mi
Haw Orchard MountainENE 70°1,526 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:0920:1120:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3616:3517:15

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, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356887399

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