Blount Mansion
Blount Mansion is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 271 m. Little Double stands 851 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bicentennial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
Historic mansion
Dates from 1792.
Wikidata Q8005646, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 28.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bicentennial Park: 0.1 mi
- Volunteer Landing: 0.2 mi
- River Mountain Park: 0.3 mi
- Krutch Park: 0.3 mi
- Cal Johnson Park: 0.4 mi
- Flint Hill: 0.4 mi
- Summit Hill: 0.6 mi
- Temperance Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mabrys Hill: 1.1 mi
- Marble Hill: 1.8 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 0.6 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 5.1 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 14.6 mi
- Aspire: 14.8 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 15.5 mi
- James White Fort: 0.2 mi
- Knoxville Historic Train: 0.4 mi
- Miller's Building Arch: 0.4 mi
- Million Dollar Fire: 0.4 mi
- East Tennessee Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 0.2 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 0.3 mi
- Knoxville Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
- McClung Museum: 0.9 mi
- Mabry-Hazen House: 1.0 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 3.7 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Wright Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Keller Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Grow Lab: 1.4 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 1.7 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 1.7 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 2.6 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 0.9 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 0.9 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 1.0 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 14.9 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.6 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 4.9 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 23.4 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 24.2 mi
- Meigs Falls: 24.2 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 24.4 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 5.2 mi
- Strong rock spring: 12.0 mi
- Herron Spring: 15.0 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 20.8 mi
- Hardin Spring: 20.9 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 15.4 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Loyston: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Blount Mansion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Double | SE 133° | 851 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | SE 142° | 720 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pleasant View | SE 142° | 712 m | 16.5 mi |
| House Mountain | NE 38° | 629 m | 13.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 124° | 624 m | 16.3 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | SE 130° | 604 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mount Nebo | SSE 163° | 600 m | 16.7 mi |
| Little Pine Mountain | SE 128° | 566 m | 16.1 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000726OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Blount, William, Mansion, reference 66000726, listed 10/15/66.
OpenStreetMap element way/477948941
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