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James White Fort

James White Fort from directly overhead

James White Fort is a historic site in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Little Double stands 851 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, a museum 0.1 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 8.2 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.96292, -83.91231

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions: 42
  • Knox Selfie Lab: 0.6 mi
  • Ramsey House Plantation: 5.0 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 14.8 mi
  • Aspire: 14.8 mi
  • Nick's MTB Trails: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Boyd Hollow Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Meadow Branch Cascade: 24.2 mi
  • Meigs Falls: 24.3 mi
  • White Oak Sinks Falls: 24.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Love's Creek Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Strong rock spring: 11.9 mi
  • Herron Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of James White Fort. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little DoubleSE851 m16.7 mi
Bearwallow MountainSE720 m16.7 mi
Pleasant ViewSE712 m16.5 mi
House MountainNE629 m13.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSE624 m16.2 mi
Big Pine MountainSE604 m15.8 mi
Mount NeboSSE600 m16.8 mi
Little Pine MountainSE566 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1419:48
June solstice06:2020:1820:56
September equinox07:2419:0019:34
December solstice07:4316:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149576674777671594840
Precip in5.25.15.35.24.54.05.83.44.13.14.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/741772366

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