Big Rock Prospect

Big Rock Prospect is a quarry in Johnson, Tennessee and has an elevation of 3,156 feet. Big Rock Prospect is situated nearby to the hamlet Laurel Bloomery, as well as near Grayson.

Type: Quarry
Description: mine in Johnson County, Tennessee, United States of America
Address: TN

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laurel Bloomery and Grayson.

Laurel Bloomery

Hamlet

Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.

Laurel Bloomery is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Tennessee. Settled in the early 19th century, the community's first bloomery forge mill was built and began operation in 1810. Laurel Bloomery is situated 2 miles west of Big Rock Prospect.

Grayson

Hamlet

Grayson is an unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States, located northeast of Creston. It lies at an elevation of 3,343 feet. Grayson is situated 3 miles southeast of Big Rock Prospect.

Taylors Valley

Hamlet

Photo: SheepNotGoats, Public domain.

Taylors Valley is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the state of Virginia, United States. It is located to the southeast of Abingdon and is accessed via Highway 58 and via Taylor Valley Road from Tennessee, just to the south. Taylors Valley is situated 4 miles north of Big Rock Prospect.

Big Rock Prospect

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Johnson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.56512° or 36° 33′ 54″ north

Longitude

-81.72539° or 81° 43′ 31″ west

Elevation

3,156 feet (962 metres)

Open location code

868WH78F+2R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368994956

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

4606476

Wikidata ID

Q49399844

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In Other Languages

“Big Rock Prospect” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Big Rock Prospect”

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