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. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
- Winged Deer Park: 1.7 mi
- Winged Deer Park Disc Golf Course: 2.0 mi
- Lakeview Park: 4.4 mi
- Lions Park: 4.7 mi
- Civitan Park: 4.7 mi
- 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
- 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 25 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 |
| Pond Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,034 m | 15.3 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | S 185° | 1,005 m | 9.8 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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