Tri-State Peak
Tri-State Peak rises to 548 m in Virginia. White Rocks stands 1,019 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Tri-State Point, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Wilderness Road Heritage Highway runs past it.
The story
Tri-State Peak is a mountain located in the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, near the "saddle" of the gap. It gets its name from being on the tripoint of the state of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The elevation at the tri-state marker is 1,990 feet (610 m). The marker can be accessed via the "tri-state peak trail," (via connections with the Gap trail and the Object Lesson Road trail) and is about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the park's visitor center. The site also includes a marker denoting the location as being on the "Royal Colonial Boundary of 1665," which was marked by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Wikidata Q7839758, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 548 m
How to reach it
- On the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
- On the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 1.1 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 2.7 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cumberland Gap Pinnacle Overlook · 1 mi
- Pinnacle Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Pinnacle: 0.6 mi
- Powell Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 4.2 mi
- Canada Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Rocky Face: 5.7 mi
- Harrogate Little League: 2.1 mi
- Southside Park: 2.2 mi
- Soccer Fields: 2.4 mi
- Harrogate City Park: 2.6 mi
- Fords Woods Park: 2.6 mi
- Sheeplick Point: 9.2 mi
- Chain Rock: 10.6 mi
- Big Cliff: 14.4 mi
- Slanting Misery: 17.4 mi
- Monks Corner: 17.9 mi
- Martin's Station: 8.5 mi
- Joseph Martin monument: 8.5 mi
- Sharps Chapel: 19.2 mi
- Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center: 19.6 mi
- Fletcher Ford State Natural Area Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Martins Fork Lake Wildlife Management Area: 24.8 mi
- Butchers Spring: 3.1 mi
- Otey Mill Spring: 5.2 mi
- Knox Historical Museum: 21.7 mi
- Grainger County Historical Archives: 23.8 mi
- Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 23.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
- Tri-State Point: 0.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Tri-State Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Rocks | ENE 71° | 1,019 m | 13.7 mi |
| Bryson Mountain | WSW 256° | 976 m | 9.1 mi |
| Brush Mountain | ENE 56° | 954 m | 7.2 mi |
| Reynolds Mountain | NE 42° | 952 m | 17.1 mi |
| Stout Knob | WSW 241° | 892 m | 17.7 mi |
| Butterfly Knob | ENE 60° | 890 m | 15.5 mi |
| Nicholson Mountain | WSW 247° | 873 m | 6.5 mi |
| Jackson Knob | NE 40° | 862 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:43 | 17:23 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tazewell, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358608930
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