Million Dollar Fire
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
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 28.2 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cradle of Country Music Park: 0.1 mi
- Downtown Dog Park: 0.1 mi
- Krutch Park: 0.2 mi
- Cal Johnson Park: 0.2 mi
- World's Fair Park: 0.4 mi
- Summit Hill: 0.2 mi
- Temperance Hill: 0.4 mi
- Flint Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mabrys Hill: 1.1 mi
- Marble Hill: 2.0 mi
- 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
- Miller's Building Arch: 0.1 mi
- East Tennessee Veterans Memorial: 0.4 mi
- James White Fort: 0.4 mi
- Knoxville Historic Train: 0.6 mi
- Tennessee Monument: 0.7 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 0.2 mi
- Blount Mansion: 0.4 mi
- Knoxville Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 0.5 mi
- Mabry-Hazen House: 0.9 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 3.8 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Wright Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Keller Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Grow Lab: 1.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 1.6 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 1.9 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 1.9 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 1.9 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 3.0 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 3.0 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 0.9 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 1.0 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 1.2 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 15.2 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Saratoga Pavillion: 15.4 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Loyston: 20.7 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearwallow Mountain | SE 142° | 720 m | 17.1 mi |
| Pleasant View | SE 142° | 712 m | 17.0 mi |
| House Mountain | NE 40° | 629 m | 13.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 125° | 624 m | 16.7 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | SE 131° | 604 m | 16.2 mi |
| Little Pine Mountain | SE 128° | 566 m | 16.5 mi |
| Brushy Knob | N 358° | 471 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mitchell Knob | N 357° | 463 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:46 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12168284931
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