Rocky Mountain
Rocky Mountain rises to 815 m in Tennessee. Meigs Mountain stands 1,222 m to the southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Listening Top, a peak 1.0 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4654102.
Wikidata Q31686073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 815 m
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 12 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 18 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 18 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 2.3 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 2.5 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 5.1 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 5.7 mi
- The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 7.8 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 9.1 mi
- Patriot Park: 10.6 mi
- Mynatt Park: 11.4 mi
- Wildwood Park: 11.9 mi
- Amerine Park: 12.3 mi
- Listening Top: 1.0 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Alie Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Borden Top: 1.4 mi
- High Top: 1.5 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 3.2 mi
- Meigs Falls: 4.1 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 4.4 mi
- Meigs Creek Cascade: 5.1 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 5.7 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 3.3 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 7.5 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 10.1 mi
- Cooter's Place: 10.2 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 11.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 10.6 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 10.6 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 12.3 mi
- John Sevier Monument: 13.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Emert Bluff: 4.9 mi
- East End: 7.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 15.3 mi
- The Shinbone: 15.8 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 8.3 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Vista Gardens: 12.0 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 20.0 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 20.0 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 20.0 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 20.0 mi
- Fish: 10.3 mi
- Bear: 12.0 mi
- Veterans Statue: 13.5 mi
- Dolly Parton: 13.5 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 14.6 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 13.2 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 17.4 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 17.8 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Elkmont: 8.9 mi
- Proctor: 16.8 mi
- Calderwood: 21.3 mi
- Judson: 23.2 mi
- Strong rock spring: 20.9 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 22.6 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Rocky Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meigs Mountain | SE 135° | 1,222 m | 7.8 mi |
| Phils View | E 101° | 1,186 m | 7.7 mi |
| Chinquapin Knob | ESE 113° | 1,144 m | 6.7 mi |
| Hornet Tree Top | S 169° | 1,141 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cerulean Knob | SSW 212° | 1,128 m | 7.1 mi |
| Rich Mountain | SW 220° | 1,117 m | 6.9 mi |
| Scott Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,105 m | 6.9 mi |
| Double Mountain | SW 214° | 1,083 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 9 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356830684
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