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McGhee

McGhee from directly overhead

McGhee is a historic site in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. Little Fodderstack stands 1,137 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tellico Blockhouse State Historic Site, a park 0.8 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 16 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
248 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.61147, -84.20880

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Cliffs: 20
Waterfalls: 19
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 9
  • Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 2.2 mi
  • Greenback Heritage Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Carmichael Inn Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 12.8 mi
  • Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 17.3 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Greenback Castle: 2.6 mi
  • Caboose: 11.6 mi
  • The Lost Sea: 13.5 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 16.6 mi
  • Tree of Shame: 19.1 mi
Springs: 8
  • Poplar Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Herron Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Huffine Spring: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
  • Saratoga Pavillion: 17.1 mi
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 24.5 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Cheeyo Park: 5.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Sam Houston Statue: 16.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of McGhee. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little FodderstackSE 136°1,137 m15.5 mi
Salt Spring MountainSE 139°953 m13.4 mi
Look RockE 84°810.463 m15.1 mi
Stiffknee TopSE 133°732 m15.1 mi
Haw Knob Number OneSE 130°721 m14.8 mi
Tallasee MountainSE 128°650 m14.7 mi
Peaked TopS 187°565 m11.9 mi
Harlan MountainS 187°565 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:49
June solstice06:2220:1920:56
September equinox07:2519:0219:35
December solstice07:4316:4917:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596775797872604942
Precip in5.05.25.15.24.34.25.13.84.23.04.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir City, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/154347635

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