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Potters Truck Stop

Potters Truck Stop from directly overhead

Potters Truck Stop is a picnic site in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 1,039 m. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Merry Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Doe Mountain Recreation Area
Getting there

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Coordinates36.41354, -81.88905

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 32
  • Blue Hole Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Buckeye Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
  • She Falls Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Mountaineer Falls: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 29
Attractions: 25
Museums: 19
Artworks: 18
  • Newman Basket Company: 16.3 mi
  • Hellbenders: 17.6 mi
  • Doc Watson Statue: 17.7 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 17.7 mi
  • Time and Honor: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 9
  • Trials Playground: 3.5 mi
  • Elk Knob Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 15.3 mi
  • Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • Cliffside Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 13.1 mi
  • Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 17.8 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 18.0 mi
  • Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 18.0 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Springs: 6
  • Boiling Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Cave Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Brig Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Hampton Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Potters Truck Stop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake MountainESE 119°1,697 m11.6 mi
Rich MountainSE 126°1,633 m11.9 mi
The BaldSE 132°1,420 m6.1 mi
Ellison MountainSE 128°1,355 m11.2 mi
Buckeye KnobSE 141°1,333 m8.6 mi
Rocky KnobSE 125°1,332 m11.0 mi
Pine MountainE 81°1,323 m9.4 mi
Leander MountainENE 77°1,321 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0619:40
June solstice06:1120:1120:49
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3616:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12566958973

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