Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount rises to 470 m in Tennessee. Holston Mountain stands 1,264 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Mount State Historic Site, a museum 0.1 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31686058, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 470 m
How to reach it
- 18.5 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 26.8 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 27.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Named places within 25 miles
- Chestnut Knob: 1.4 mi
- Master Knob: 3.5 mi
- Vest Knob: 4.1 mi
- Bogart Knob: 4.2 mi
- Strawberry Top: 4.5 mi
- Winged Deer Park: 1.7 mi
- Winged Deer Park: 2.0 mi
- Winged Deer Park Disc Golf Course: 2.0 mi
- Lakeview Park: 4.4 mi
- Lions Park: 4.7 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 0.9 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 4.7 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Moody Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Massengill Monument: 1.8 mi
- Fort Watauga: 6.3 mi
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: 6.3 mi
- Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga: 6.3 mi
- The Tipton Family: 6.3 mi
- Laurel Falls: 14.5 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 14.8 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 16.0 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 16.9 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 18.2 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 6.3 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 9.2 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 9.2 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 10.7 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 6.2 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 6.3 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 6.7 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 8.9 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 13.2 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 13.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 13.9 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 24.4 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 13.7 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 24.8 mi
- Junaluska: 6.2 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Hampton Spring: 12.4 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 13.6 mi
- Lost Cove: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Rocky Mount. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holston Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,264 m | 14.8 mi |
| Holston High Knob | ENE 76° | 1,261 m | 14.8 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,129 m | 14.1 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SE 140° | 1,101 m | 13.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | S 188° | 1,074 m | 13.2 mi |
| Campbell Pen Knob | SE 132° | 1,068 m | 16.3 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | S 188° | 1,048 m | 13.2 mi |
| Pond Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,034 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356830663
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 7 mi
- Johnson City · 7 mi
- Bristol · 15 mi
- Kingsport · 15 mi
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