Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 580 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Dodson Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1270212).
Wikidata Q31687703, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 580 m
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 22.1 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 23.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 25 mi
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 25 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 26 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Baileyton Community Park: 4.4 mi
- Thomas Amis Historic Park: 5.1 mi
- Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 8.8 mi
- Saint Clair Park: 9.8 mi
- The Big Spring: 13.8 mi
- Dodson Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Brokenback Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cove Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Louderback Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Swift Museum: 6.6 mi
- Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 11.8 mi
- Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 11.8 mi
- City Garage Car Museum: 14.0 mi
- The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 14.0 mi
- Miller Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 10.4 mi
- The Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- White Cliff: 15.0 mi
- The Rounds: 15.3 mi
- Rod Armstrong Building: 6.4 mi
- Hale Springs Inn: 6.4 mi
- Kyle House: 6.4 mi
- Joseph Rogers Building: 6.4 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 9.6 mi
- Margarette Falls: 23.2 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 23.6 mi
- Pete's Branch Falls: 23.6 mi
- Squibb Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 6.1 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 8.1 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
- Poor Valley Creek: 16.9 mi
- Johnson Ridge Small Wild Area: 20.4 mi
- Crosby Pothole Refuge: 22.0 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 21.5 mi
- Vardy Presbyterian Church: 21.5 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 22.3 mi
- Rocky Spring: 21.1 mi
- Tate Spring: 24.1 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneytop | ENE 72° | 945 m | 12.1 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | ENE 72° | 926 m | 12.1 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | ENE 76° | 839 m | 8.9 mi |
| Stone Mountain | ENE 75° | 789 m | 7.1 mi |
| Stony Lump | E 82° | 766 m | 5.6 mi |
| Devils Nose | NW 323° | 727 m | 8.8 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | SE 136° | 675 m | 1.7 mi |
| Brown Mountain | E 87° | 659 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogersville 1 NE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356775715
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 24 mi
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