Tilson Mountain
Tilson Mountain rises to 993 m in Tennessee. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the southeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Grassy Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31689844, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 993 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 14.2 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 16.6 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 22.2 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 18 mi
- Walker Knob Overlook (MP 359.8) · 22 mi
- Glassmine Falls Overlook (MP 361.2) · 22 mi
- Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grassy Knob: 1.0 mi
- Highrock: 1.5 mi
- Big Stamp: 3.0 mi
- Big Bald: 3.2 mi
- Flint Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Upper Laurel Community Center Park: 7.4 mi
- Old Forge Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Eugene P. Price Kiwanis Park: 10.6 mi
- Veterans Park: 10.6 mi
- Unicoi Wildlife Management Area: 10.9 mi
- Birchfield Camp Falls: 4.9 mi
- Lower Higgins Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
- Trillium Falls: 5.4 mi
- Longarm Branch Falls: 5.9 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 6.1 mi
- Moye Rest: 4.7 mi
- WWII Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Shelton Laurel Massacre: 13.0 mi
- Otway Burns: 14.9 mi
- Yancey County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 14.9 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 9.4 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 9.4 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 13.0 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 13.0 mi
- Rural Heritage Museum: 13.3 mi
- David Crockett Museum: 14.8 mi
- McElroy House: 14.8 mi
- Rock Bridge: 14.9 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 14.9 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 14.9 mi
- Friends: 14.9 mi
- Stream: 14.9 mi
- Overlook Access: 17.7 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 19.3 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 20.1 mi
- Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 23.0 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 16.1 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 16.2 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 18.7 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 23.0 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 23.1 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Terrace garden: 21.6 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Camp Celo Gardens: 23.7 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 17.2 mi
- Craggy Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 22.2 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 23.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.2 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Tilson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bald | SE 128° | 1,674 m | 3.2 mi |
| Big Stamp | SE 125° | 1,639 m | 3.0 mi |
| Little Bald | E 100° | 1,575 m | 4.2 mi |
| Upper Haw Knob | SSE 153° | 1,492 m | 4.7 mi |
| Green Ridge Knob | WNW 291° | 1,480 m | 5.2 mi |
| Gravel Knob | WNW 300° | 1,478 m | 6.0 mi |
| Big Butt | WNW 301° | 1,467 m | 6.4 mi |
| Sampson Mountain | SE 129° | 1,454 m | 6.6 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1327220 — Tilson Mountain, Unicoi County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356883581
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 23 mi
- Elizabethton · 27 mi
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