Sampson Mountain
Sampson Mountain rises to 1,112 m in Tennessee. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the south-southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Longarm Branch Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31686861, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1112 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 16.2 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 20.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 22.5 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 20 mi
- Walker Knob Overlook (MP 359.8) · 28 mi
- Glassmine Falls Overlook (MP 361.2) · 28 mi
- Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wilson Knob: 1.5 mi
- Frozen Knob: 2.1 mi
- Flattop: 2.4 mi
- Flattop: 2.5 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 3.1 mi
- Old Forge Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Unicoi Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park: 8.7 mi
- Eugene P. Price Kiwanis Park: 9.0 mi
- Veterans Park: 9.3 mi
- WWII Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Moye Rest: 10.1 mi
- Shelton Laurel Massacre: 14.7 mi
- Valentine Sevier Home: 14.8 mi
- McKee Street "Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty": 14.8 mi
- Longarm Branch Falls: 1.5 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 2.0 mi
- Birchfield Camp Falls: 2.4 mi
- Josiah Falls: 2.6 mi
- Lower Higgins Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Yarbrough Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Yarprough Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 7.4 mi
- David Crockett Museum: 8.6 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 11.4 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 11.5 mi
- Doak House Museum: 11.6 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 14.4 mi
- Junaluska: 18.9 mi
- Rock Bridge: 20.1 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 20.1 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 20.1 mi
- Friends: 20.1 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 19.6 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 19.6 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 19.6 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 22.3 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 24.8 mi
- Overlook Access: 17.3 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 19.0 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 20.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.3 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 24.9 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 20.3 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 20.7 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 20.5 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 21.7 mi
- Lost Cove: 10.1 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Sampson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bald | SSE 147° | 1,674 m | 9.1 mi |
| Big Stamp | SSE 146° | 1,639 m | 8.9 mi |
| Little Bald | SE 134° | 1,575 m | 9.2 mi |
| Green Ridge Knob | SSW 212° | 1,480 m | 4.5 mi |
| Camp Creek Bald | SW 235° | 1,480 m | 9.3 mi |
| Gravel Knob | SW 225° | 1,478 m | 3.8 mi |
| Big Butt | SW 232° | 1,467 m | 3.8 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | WSW 237° | 1,438 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1639694 — Sampson Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356885907
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 19 mi
- Elizabethton · 25 mi
- Kingsport · 30 mi
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