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Wild Boar Bluff

Wild Boar Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Wild Boar Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 552 m. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pull Tight Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
552 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.36258, -85.87720

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 59
Waterfalls: 21
  • Hanes Hole Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Black Canyon Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Blue Hole Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Small Waterfall: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 20
Springs: 9
  • Schwoon Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Short Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Cave Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Wildcat Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Natural Spring House: 22.6 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Museums: 6
  • Sam H. Werner Military Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Park Office / Visitor Center / Museum / Gift Shop: 15.3 mi
  • Cowan Railroad Museum: 15.7 mi
  • Hands-On Science Center: 17.9 mi
  • Tullahoma History Museum: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Rebel's Rest: 11.1 mi
  • Memorial Cross: 12.3 mi
  • B.H. Goethert Memorial Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Old Shelter (ruins): 24.1 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Dinah Shore Murals: 18.0 mi
  • University of Tennessee Mural: 18.0 mi
  • Tims Ford Lake Mural: 18.1 mi
  • Franklin County Mural: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 8.2 mi
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 8.4 mi
  • Saddleback Platform: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Attractions: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Sewanee Natural Bridge: 14.6 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Wild Boar Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainE 93°715 m16.1 mi
Bunker HillE 91°703 m20.9 mi
Lockhart HillENE 73°694 m23.3 mi
Price MountainENE 74°689 m22.1 mi
Flat MountainE 81°684 m23.5 mi
Stocker HillE 94°654 m13.7 mi
Clouse HillSE 136°634 m6.6 mi
West RamseySE 134°627 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2218:56
June solstice05:3019:2520:02
September equinox06:3218:0818:42
December solstice06:4915:5616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566471747368574739
Precip in5.75.86.36.35.35.86.44.84.64.15.26.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monteagle, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356782714

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