Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 567 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the east, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is McGee Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States of America; geonames ID = 4657544.
Wikidata Q31687727, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 567 m
How to reach it
- 16.7 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 18.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 25.4 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 20 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 21 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 4.1 mi
- Baileyton Community Park: 5.4 mi
- Thomas Amis Historic Park: 6.6 mi
- Laurel Run Park: 10.4 mi
- Mount Carmel Park: 12.9 mi
- McGee Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Charles Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Hennard Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Cove Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 2.8 mi
- Miller Bluff: 3.8 mi
- The Cliffs: 9.0 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 10.6 mi
- The Rounds: 13.4 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Swift Museum: 9.7 mi
- Doak House Museum: 16.9 mi
- David Crockett Museum: 17.3 mi
- City Garage Car Museum: 17.3 mi
- The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 17.4 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 3.8 mi
- Rod Armstrong Building: 9.5 mi
- Hale Springs Inn: 9.5 mi
- Kyle House: 9.5 mi
- Joseph Rogers Building: 9.6 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 5.4 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 5.7 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 16.7 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 16.5 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 22.4 mi
- Vardy Presbyterian Church: 22.4 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 19.2 mi
- Poor Valley Creek: 21.5 mi
- Pete's Branch Falls: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneytop | E 92° | 945 m | 7.2 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | E 92° | 926 m | 7.2 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | ESE 115° | 839 m | 4.8 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SE 132° | 789 m | 3.4 mi |
| Stony Lump | SSE 159° | 766 m | 3.6 mi |
| Devils Nose | WNW 287° | 727 m | 10.0 mi |
| Holston River Mountain | ENE 58° | 707 m | 12.8 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | SSW 210° | 675 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 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 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1270214 — Short Mountain, Hawkins County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356775727
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 18 mi
- Johnson City · 28 mi
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