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Tennessee Wall

Tennessee Wall, seen from above at true elevation

Tennessee Wall is a cliff in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 416 m. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 4.8 miles off.

What the record says

Height
321 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.07408, -85.40044

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 54
Attractions: 39
Waterfalls: 37
  • Blowing Wind Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Julia Falls 95: 3.8 mi
  • Rainbow Falls 40: 4.2 mi
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 6.8 mi
  • Glen Falls 15: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 27
Museums: 20
Springs: 16
  • Obar Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 4.3 mi
  • Straight Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Pryor Cave Spring: 12.4 mi
Artworks: 14
Nature reserves: 13
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 6
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 1.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Tennessee Wall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainNNW 331°715 m22.0 mi
Bunker HillNNW 343°703 m20.5 mi
Stocker HillNW 325°654 m23.2 mi
Round TopS 181°647 m16.3 mi
Buck KnobNNE 21°625 m21.1 mi
Suck Creek MountainNNW 347°624.84 m7.7 mi
Scott HillNW 314°623 m23.1 mi
Fults HillNW 322°619 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:2018:54
June solstice05:2919:2220:00
September equinox06:3018:0718:40
December solstice06:4715:5516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048586673767570594841
Precip in5.56.05.65.54.34.24.84.04.93.84.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout Mtn-point Park, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1316709365

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