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Rocky Bar

Rocky Bar, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Bar is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 449 m. Big Hill stands 617 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top, a peak 0.4 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
449 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.21590, -85.23441

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
  • Whitaker Park: 5.2 mi
  • Meadow Creek Park: 7.4 mi
  • Hidden Hollow Park: 11.6 mi
  • Fantasy Park: 12.1 mi
  • Walter L Bilbrey Memorial Park: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Stillhouse Rock: 12.1 mi
  • Jane Bend Overlook: 14.3 mi
  • Ding Dong Rock: 14.4 mi
  • Big Piney Overlook: 14.8 mi
  • Apple Bag Overlook: 15.0 mi
Museums: 11
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Overton County Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 15.5 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Depot Museum: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • City Lake Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Wash Morgan Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 18.4 mi
Attractions: 6
  • East Point Marina: 17.4 mi
  • East Fork Stables: 17.7 mi
  • good landing beach: 21.0 mi
  • Sunset Rock: 21.5 mi
  • Sunset Marina: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Standing Stone State Park: 12.6 mi
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 15.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 16.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Rocky Bar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillSSE 149°617 m13.1 mi
Hampton MountainS 190°616 m2.5 mi
Tyler MountainSSW 193°597 m1.2 mi
Blaylock MountainWSW 256°593 m6.3 mi
Green Pond MountainESE 103°592 m3.7 mi
Verble KnobsS 170°587 m6.5 mi
Copeland MountainSSW 210°585 m1.0 mi
Harris MountainNW 324°582 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:3018:0618:39
December solstice06:4915:5116:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in5.75.86.05.85.45.55.64.54.83.84.76.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356830573

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