Stony Fork, Tennessee Weather
Stony Fork, Tennessee — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Stony Fork, Fentress County.
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About Stony Fork, Tennessee
Stony Fork lies a place where the Cumberland Plateau begins its slow, deliberate descent. It lies 14.0 miles south-west of Asheville, NC (from Asheville, NC: bearing 227°T), and is situated 5.6 miles south-south-west of Candler. Here, the land is a study in rugged beauty, a tapestry of dense woodlands and steep ravines that the creeks and streams of Stony Fork have patiently carved over millennia. The air, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the scent of damp earth and pine, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in on all sides. Sunlight, when it manages to pierce the thick canopy, paints fleeting mosaics on the moss-laden rocks, and the quiet here is not an absence of sound, but a different kind of presence, punctuated by the rustle of unseen creatures and the distant murmur of water. The history of Stony Fork is etched not in grand monuments, but in the persistence of its people and the land they worked. For generations, this region has been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture and the quiet industry of logging, with families subsisting on the bounty of the soil and the timber that cloaked the hills. The legacy of coal mining, though perhaps less visible now, once pulsed through the veins of this area, leaving behind a rugged character and a deep connection to the earth. The waterways here, true to the name Stony Fork, are often shallow and clear, tumbling over beds of smooth, grey stone, offering a cool respite from the summer heat and a constant, soothing soundtrack to the lives lived in this particular corner of Fentress County.
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| Location | Stony Fork, Fentress County, Tennessee |
| Coordinates | 35.462887°N, 82.73624°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 28715, 38583 |
| Area Code | 423 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Stony Fork, Tennessee Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stony Fork, Tennessee, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Stony Fork includes coordinates 35.462887°N, 82.736240°W, situated in Fentress County. ZIP code 28715, 38583. Telephone area code: 423. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
