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Brady Mountain Area

Brady Mountain Area from directly overhead

Brady Mountain Area is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 510 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the south-southwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Den Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1998

What to expect

Operated by
Tennessee Department of Enviroment and Convservation

How to reach it

Coordinates35.81338, -84.96234

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cumberland Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Cumberland Mountain: 7.0 mi
  • Meadow Park Lake: 9.7 mi
  • Natures Park: 9.9 mi
  • Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Keaton Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Stinging Fork Falls 60: 6.7 mi
  • Ray Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Upper Piney Falls 80: 7.9 mi
  • Lower Piney Falls 40: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
Springs: 10
  • Dripping Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Black Mountain Springhouse: 5.5 mi
  • Mars Hill Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Moulton Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Holloway Spring: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Roadside Table: 8.7 mi
  • Spring City Railfan Spot: 10.1 mi
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 20.8 mi
  • Newton Ford Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
  • George's Hole: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 10.1 mi
  • Troop 45: 11.9 mi
  • Clarence Darrow: 22.2 mi
  • William Jennings Bryan: 22.2 mi
  • Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 22.2 mi
Museums: 6
  • Native Stone Museum: 9.9 mi
  • Military Memorial Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 10.1 mi
  • Jane Manley Museum: 15.8 mi
  • Rhea County Museum: 22.2 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Head of the Sequatchie River: 2.9 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 18.1 mi
  • George's Hole: 23.9 mi
  • Whale Face Rock: 24.2 mi
  • Sunset Rock: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 8.4 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Sam: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Brady Mountain Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hinch MountainSSW 202°931 m2.4 mi
Dorton KnobSW 226°910 m1.4 mi
Bear Den MountainS 180°893 m1.0 mi
Brady MountainNNW 333°893 m1.0 mi
Black MountainNE 45°862 m5.4 mi
Luper MountainNE 45°833 m13.8 mi
Big Rock MountainNE 41°824 m9.1 mi
Thorny MountainNE 45°811 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:52
June solstice05:2519:2220:00
September equinox06:2818:0518:38
December solstice06:4715:5116:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374148576573777670584740
Precip in5.75.25.55.64.15.15.63.14.83.65.16.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spring City, 11 mi away.

  • yellow wakerobin7 obs
  • pink lady's slipper6 obs
  • fire pink6 obs
  • bloodroot5 obs
  • dwarf crested iris5 obs
  • Small Woodland Sunflower5 obs
  • cinnamon fern5 obs
  • multiflora rose4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/858358143

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