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Depot Museum

Depot Museum from directly overhead

Depot Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 340 m. Hampton Mountain stands 616 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cookeville Childrens Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 19 miles off.

What to expect

Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates36.16429, -85.50844

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
  • Dogwood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Walnut Park: 0.3 mi
  • Cookeville Square: 0.5 mi
  • The Quad: 0.6 mi
  • Franklin Avenue Park: 0.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
Cliffs: 9
Museums: 7
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Soard Properties Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 7.5 mi
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 17.7 mi
  • Sunset Rock: 17.7 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Standing Stone State Park: 18.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 1.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Depot Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hampton MountainE 86°616 m14.9 mi
Tyler MountainE 81°597 m15.2 mi
Blaylock MountainENE 78°593 m9.4 mi
Green Pond MountainE 82°592 m19.1 mi
Verble KnobsE 100°587 m16.6 mi
Copeland MountainE 80°585 m15.0 mi
Harris MountainENE 62°582 m14.6 mi
Gunter MountainE 85°580 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2018:54
June solstice05:2619:2520:03
September equinox06:3118:0718:41
December solstice06:5015:5216:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576573777670584841
Precip in5.35.55.55.45.25.55.73.94.53.34.36.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cookeville, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/550188868

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