Wheeler Spur
Wheeler Spur rises to 927 m in Tennessee. Pond Mountain stands 1,354 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Swanagan Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31691247, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 927 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 25.5 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 27.4 mi off the New River Valley Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Swanagan Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Harp Mountain: 1.4 mi
- McQueen Knob: 1.6 mi
- Little Pine Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Observation Park: 6.8 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 7.7 mi
- The Meadows Sports Complex: 7.9 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 4.3 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 7.5 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 8.2 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 10.0 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 10.6 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 7.5 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 7.8 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 11.7 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 19.3 mi
- Mountain Magic Resort: 21.8 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 9.7 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 11.7 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 14.1 mi
- Abrams Falls: 19.6 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 8.6 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 8.6 mi
- William King Museum: 8.8 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 10.8 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 14.7 mi
- Backbone Rock: 5.7 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Bee Cliff: 20.7 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Trials Playground: 11.0 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 12.6 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 17.3 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 23.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 18.1 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 19.1 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 19.2 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 24.5 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 24.8 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 7.7 mi
- Heartwood: 8.5 mi
- Wooly: 21.5 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 23.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 10.8 mi
- Cave Spring: 10.8 mi
- Brig Spring: 11.4 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 8.5 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 19.4 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.3 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Wheeler Spur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Mountain | E 93° | 1,354 m | 14.0 mi |
| Leander Mountain | SE 134° | 1,321 m | 15.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 117° | 1,318 m | 12.3 mi |
| Winnie Knob | ESE 106° | 1,311 m | 12.3 mi |
| Rich Knob | SSW 212° | 1,295 m | 7.0 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | SSE 164° | 1,282 m | 6.7 mi |
| Cut Laurel Knob | ESE 108° | 1,270 m | 12.8 mi |
| Holston Mountain | SW 223° | 1,264 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
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 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356888255
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 15 mi
- Elizabethton · 25 mi
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