Rocky Hill
Rocky Hill rises to 420 m in Tennessee. Bowling Knob stands 1,075 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Allandale Mansion, a park 0.7 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31686017, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 420 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 9.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 11 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 11 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 11 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Allandale Mansion: 0.7 mi
- Mount Carmel Park: 2.2 mi
- Dogwood Park: 2.4 mi
- Riverfront Park: 3.0 mi
- Domtar Park: 3.3 mi
- High Point: 3.2 mi
- Holston River Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Cherry Knobs: 3.9 mi
- Canebrake Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Walker Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Kit Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Moody Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 1.7 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 6.8 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 7.3 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 7.8 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 7.9 mi
- Car Museum: 4.2 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 13.5 mi
- Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center: 14.1 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 14.3 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 14.3 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 5.3 mi
- Devil's Bathtub: 17.6 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 18.4 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 21.9 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 23.1 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.3 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 16.1 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 17.8 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
- Junaluska: 21.5 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 24.9 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 23.0 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 24.3 mi
- Abrams Falls: 22.8 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Rocky Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Knob | NNW 331° | 1,075 m | 17.2 mi |
| Chimneytop | SSW 200° | 945 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cliff Mountain | NNW 328° | 934 m | 16.4 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | SSW 200° | 926 m | 11.0 mi |
| Big Knob | NE 46° | 919 m | 10.4 mi |
| Butt of Powell Mountain | NW 315° | 863 m | 18.6 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | SSW 208° | 839 m | 13.8 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SSW 214° | 789 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingsport, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356830641
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 5 mi
- Johnson City · 23 mi
- Bristol · 25 mi
- Elizabethton · 27 mi
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