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Million Dollar Fire

Million Dollar Fire from directly overhead

Million Dollar Fire is a historic site in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 280 m. Bearwallow Mountain stands 720 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cradle of Country Music Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 8.0 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
The current parking lot was once a series of buildings that burned in 1897.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.96657, -83.91870

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions: 43
  • Knox Selfie Lab: 0.2 mi
  • Ramsey House Plantation: 5.3 mi
  • Aspire: 14.4 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 15.0 mi
  • Nick's MTB Trails: 15.9 mi
Historic sites: 37
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 7
Springs: 6
  • Love's Creek Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Strong rock spring: 12.1 mi
  • Herron Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Boyd Hollow Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Meadow Branch Cascade: 24.6 mi
  • Meigs Falls: 24.7 mi
  • Abrams Falls: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Million Dollar Fire. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bearwallow MountainSE 142°720 m17.1 mi
Pleasant ViewSE 142°712 m17.0 mi
House MountainNE 40°629 m13.1 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSE 125°624 m16.7 mi
Big Pine MountainSE 131°604 m16.2 mi
Little Pine MountainSE 128°566 m16.5 mi
Brushy KnobN 358°471 m10.6 mi
Mitchell KnobN 357°463 m12.2 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 5080 °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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12168284931

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