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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: 21
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
ChimneytopSE945 m5.5 mi
Chimneytop MountainSE926 m5.5 mi
Fodderstack MountainSSE839 m5.5 mi
Stone MountainS789 m5.7 mi
Stony LumpSSW766 m7.0 mi
Devils NoseW727 m12.6 mi
Holston River MountainENE707 m8.5 mi
Brokenback MountainSW675 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 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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356829975

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