Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain rises to 1,129 m in Tennessee. Roan High Knob stands 1,916 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Honeycomb Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 17 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31688693, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,129 m
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 24.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 24.1 mi off the Little Parkway
- 24.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- North Toe River Valley (MP 318.4) · 24 mi
- Camp Creek Overlook (MP 315.6) · 25 mi
- Lost Cove Cliffs Overlook (MP 310) · 25 mi
- Little Bald Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Limestone Cove Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
- Unaka Mountain Recreation Area: 4.7 mi
- Buffalo Mountain Park: 6.3 mi
- Tipton-Haynes Historic Site: 6.9 mi
- Fishery Park: 7.6 mi
- Honeycomb Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Clarke Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Haynes Knob: 4.8 mi
- Piney Ball: 5.2 mi
- Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 5.8 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 6.9 mi
- Carillion: 8.5 mi
- Transylvania Purchase: 9.3 mi
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: 9.3 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 4.2 mi
- Laurel Falls: 8.6 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 8.8 mi
- Martin Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 9.8 mi
- Flagpole Point: 6.8 mi
- Pardee Point: 6.9 mi
- Moody Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Stony Point: 10.4 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 7.5 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 7.5 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 9.3 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 12.8 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 12.9 mi
- Junaluska: 10.3 mi
- Rock Bridge: 20.3 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 20.4 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 20.4 mi
- Stream: 20.4 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 8.7 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 8.8 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 11.2 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 20.4 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 21.2 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 10.2 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 8.0 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 19.9 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 23.2 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 10.1 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 23.3 mi
- Hampton Spring: 7.3 mi
- Lost Cove: 12.2 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roan High Knob | SE 132° | 1,916 m | 10.9 mi |
| Cloudland Mountain | SE 133° | 1,883 m | 10.5 mi |
| Beartown Mountain | SE 131° | 1,674 m | 9.6 mi |
| Unaka Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,579 m | 5.5 mi |
| Yellow Spot | SSE 150° | 1,554 m | 10.8 mi |
| Little Rock Knob | ESE 122° | 1,499 m | 7.8 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SSE 167° | 1,359 m | 5.6 mi |
| Beauty Spot | SSW 209° | 1,347 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356839930
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 9 mi
- Johnson City · 9 mi
- Bristol · 27 mi
- Kingsport · 27 mi
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