Wright Bluff
Wright Bluff is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 267 m. Ellis Butt stands 738 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Hill Park, a park 2.2 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 267 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 29.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 29.0 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Hill Park: 2.2 mi
- Lakeshore Park: 2.7 mi
- Blount County Access Area: 2.7 mi
- Benington Farrington Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
- Sequoyah Park & Greenway: 3.8 mi
- Red Hill: 3.3 mi
- Barber Hill: 3.9 mi
- Brickyard Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Logan Hill: 4.9 mi
- Maxie Ridge: 5.2 mi
- Terra: 6.6 mi
- 79th New York Infantry Momument: 6.7 mi
- Rule High School: 7.0 mi
- Knoxville Historic Train: 7.0 mi
- East Tennessee Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 7.5 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 9.0 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 11.6 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 14.0 mi
- Aspire: 16.0 mi
- McClung Museum: 6.4 mi
- Knoxville Museum of Art: 7.0 mi
- Blount Mansion: 7.3 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 7.4 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 7.6 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 3.7 mi
- Keller Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Leeper Bluff: 12.8 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 5.6 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 5.6 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 5.6 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 5.6 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 5.6 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 9.3 mi
- Abrams Falls: 20.1 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 22.3 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 22.6 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 22.6 mi
- Herron Spring: 9.2 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 12.5 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 13.9 mi
- Hardin Spring: 14.0 mi
- Poplar Spring: 17.6 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 6.4 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 6.5 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 8.3 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 9.2 mi
- Veterans Statue: 24.5 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 7.6 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 7.9 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 8.1 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 9.2 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 8.9 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 23.2 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Wheat: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Wright Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Butt | SSE 159° | 738 m | 16.4 mi |
| Pleasant View | ESE 116° | 712 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | SE 137° | 600 m | 14.4 mi |
| Webb Knob | SE 133° | 563 m | 16.8 mi |
| Smith Knob | SE 134° | 538 m | 16.4 mi |
| Miller Cove Mountain | SE 130° | 528 m | 16.2 mi |
| Pinestand Knob | SE 130° | 525 m | 16.5 mi |
| Little Mountain | SSE 154° | 443 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356784238
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