Walker Mountain
Walker Mountain rises to 559 m in Tennessee. Bowling Knob stands 1,075 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Skeleton Bluff, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31690665, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 559 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 10.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 14 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 14 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 14 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Weber City Recreation Complex: 2.3 mi
- Carrollwood Forest Sign: 3.1 mi
- Rotary Park: 3.4 mi
- Glen Bruce Park: 3.4 mi
- Cloud Park: 3.6 mi
- Frisby Knob: 0.9 mi
- Bald Knob: 1.7 mi
- Big Knob: 5.1 mi
- Moore Hill: 6.0 mi
- Rocky Hill: 6.5 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 1.4 mi
- Coach Harry Fry: 3.9 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 4.2 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 5.4 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 8.4 mi
- Skeleton Bluff: 0.8 mi
- Kit Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Copper Creek Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Car Museum: 2.8 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 14.4 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 14.4 mi
- Fannon Train Museum: 16.6 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 16.9 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 5.9 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 13.4 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 16.5 mi
- Devil's Bathtub: 16.6 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 21.5 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.8 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 16.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 21.3 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 23.3 mi
- Junaluska: 20.2 mi
- Woodbooger Statue: 23.2 mi
- High Knob Recreation Area: 21.1 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 22.3 mi
- Abrams Falls: 16.3 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Walker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Knob | NW 311° | 1,075 m | 19.1 mi |
| Huff Rock | NNW 335° | 1,070 m | 19.7 mi |
| Black Hill | N 357° | 982 m | 19.7 mi |
| Chimneytop | SW 217° | 945 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cliff Mountain | NW 308° | 934 m | 18.7 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | SW 217° | 926 m | 16.0 mi |
| Big Knob | NNE 16° | 919 m | 5.1 mi |
| Big Flat Top | N 352° | 897 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:14 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:38 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingsport, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356839452
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 4 mi
- Bristol · 19 mi
- Johnson City · 22 mi
- Elizabethton · 24 mi
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