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Fork Mountain

Fork Mountain from directly overhead

Fork Mountain is a ghost town in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 475 m. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the south, 1.3 miles off. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.

ghost town in Anderson County, Tennessee

How to reach it

Coordinates36.12667, -84.42000

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 13
Cliffs: 12
Springs: 10
  • Massengil Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Herron Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 22.0 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 2.6 mi
  • Train Cars: 14.2 mi
  • Aspire: 16.7 mi
  • Winona General Store: 17.3 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Emory Gap Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Debord Falls: 3.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big FodderstackS 170°1,013 m1.3 mi
Buffalo MountainENE 68°1,008 m6.6 mi
Stallion MountainNW 320°1,007 m2.0 mi
Squire KnobNW 309°1,002 m2.6 mi
Frozen HeadW 262°1,001 m2.2 mi
Burge MountainNNE 17°993 m3.8 mi
Pilot MountainE 80°993 m8.5 mi
Walnut KnobNNW 335°988 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2220:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4817:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606876797872614942
Precip in5.15.65.15.24.14.65.53.53.83.14.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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