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Sheep Rock Mountain

Sheep Rock Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sheep Rock Mountain rises to 563 m in Tennessee. High Point stands 966 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Joel Dyer Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31687415, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
563 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.36563, -84.51522

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 30
  • Highschool Park: 3.1 mi
  • Flat Creek Park: 3.7 mi
  • Robbins park: 4.1 mi
  • Robbins Park: 4.1 mi
  • Oneida City Park: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • McCoy Rocks: 3.7 mi
  • Sheep Rock: 9.2 mi
  • Jakes Hole Overlook: 9.3 mi
  • Needles Eye: 10.5 mi
  • Devil's Slot: 10.7 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Rugby's Hidden History: 10.5 mi
  • Why Miners Fought: 21.9 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 21.9 mi
  • Militia Hill: 21.9 mi
  • Coal Creek War: 21.9 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Winona General Store: 3.9 mi
  • Train Cars: 5.1 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 16.7 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 16.7 mi
  • Twin Arch South: 17.3 mi
Natural arches: 10
  • Diocese Arch: 10.0 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 18.2 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 18.8 mi
  • Amphitheater Arch: 19.2 mi
  • Etta's Arch: 19.4 mi
Museums: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Angel Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Debord Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Big Spring Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Lick Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Sheep Rock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointSSE 159°966 m11.9 mi
High KnobS 177°938 m11.0 mi
Sandy Gap MountanSSE 168°929 m11.8 mi
Signal MountainSSE 155°887 m6.3 mi
Gibson KnobSSE 149°887 m7.8 mi
Landrom MountainS 191°884 m11.6 mi
Justice MountainS 177°877 m12.0 mi
Young MountainSSW 195°872 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1619:50
June solstice06:2120:2221:00
September equinox07:2719:0319:37
December solstice07:4716:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845556371757367564538
Precip in5.15.15.75.24.94.85.64.54.03.33.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356775069

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