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River Mountain

River Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

River Mountain rises to 568 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the southeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Bluff, a cliff 0.9 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31685815, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
568 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.46121, -82.78072

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 4.0 mi
  • Laurel Run Park: 6.0 mi
  • Mount Carmel Park: 8.3 mi
  • Baileyton Community Park: 9.4 mi
  • Thomas Amis Historic Park: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 23
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 15
  • Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 1.6 mi
  • Battle of Kingsport: 11.2 mi
  • Eagle Scout Dedication: 13.0 mi
  • Rod Armstrong Building: 13.1 mi
  • Kyle House: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 7.7 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 8.7 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of River Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ChimneytopSE 132°945 m5.5 mi
Chimneytop MountainSE 132°926 m5.5 mi
Fodderstack MountainSSE 167°839 m5.5 mi
Stone MountainS 185°789 m5.7 mi
Stony LumpSSW 195°766 m7.0 mi
Devils NoseW 268°727 m12.6 mi
Holston River MountainENE 67°707 m8.5 mi
Brokenback MountainSW 215°675 m10.7 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 5080 °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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356829975

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