Powell Mountain (or "Powells Mountain") is a mountain ridge of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of the Appalachian Mountains. It is a long and narrow ridge, running northeast to southwest, from about Norton, Virginia to near Tazewell, Tennessee. It separates the Clinch River basin and the Powell River basin of Powell Valley.
Its elevation averages between 1,500 to 2,500 feet (457 to 762 meters), with its highest points above 3,000 feet (914 mete...
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Powell Mountain (or "Powells Mountain") is a mountain ridge of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of the Appalachian Mountains. It is a long and narrow ridge, running northeast to southwest, from about Norton, Virginia to near Tazewell, Tennessee. It separates the Clinch River basin and the Powell River basin of Powell Valley.
Its elevation averages between 1,500 to 2,500 feet (457 to 762 meters), with its highest points above 3,000 feet (914 meters). The highest point is Bowling Knob (3,557 feet, 1,084 meters), near the northern end of the mountain.
Powell Mountain is about 60 miles long (97 km). It is broken by one stream only, the North Fork Clinch River. North of the river, the mountain is less well-defined as a ridge and merges with Stone Mountain and other mountains near the headwaters of Powell River.
The southern part of Powell Mountain is paralleled on the south by Newman Ridge and Stone Ridge. Between Powell Mountain and these ridges is Snake Hollow and the headwaters of...
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