Brady Mountain Area
Brady Mountain Area is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 693 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the south-southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Brady Bluff, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1998
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tennessee Department of Enviroment and Convservation
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- McCullough Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Brady Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Flat Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Loden Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Cumberland Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Cumberland Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
- Meadow Park Lake: 9.1 mi
- Centennial Park: 9.1 mi
- Keaton Falls: 7.2 mi
- Ray Falls: 7.6 mi
- Ozone Falls: 7.8 mi
- Stinging Fork Falls 60: 9.2 mi
- Upper Piney Falls 80: 9.6 mi
- Brady Bluff: 0.6 mi
- Negro Jumpoff: 8.8 mi
- Indian Head Point Overlook: 9.2 mi
- Spider Den Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Dickey Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 2.9 mi
- Black Mountain Area: 4.1 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 5.0 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 6.0 mi
- Soak Creek State Scenic River: 8.2 mi
- Dripping Spring: 1.1 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 3.2 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 11.8 mi
- Moulton Spring: 12.1 mi
- Holloway Spring: 17.5 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 7.9 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 8.0 mi
- Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 12.0 mi
- Jane Manley Museum: 15.5 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 24.9 mi
- Roadside Table: 10.0 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 12.0 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 19.6 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 22.5 mi
- Troop 45: 11.6 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Fort Southwest Point: 23.3 mi
- Fort Southwest Point: 23.3 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 5.4 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 6.5 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 5.5 mi
- Virgin Falls Trailhead: 18.9 mi
- Sam: 9.6 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 12.5 mi
- Cute: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Brady Mountain Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | SSW 201° | 931 m | 5.3 mi |
| Dorton Knob | SSW 209° | 910 m | 4.3 mi |
| Brady Mountain | SW 219° | 893 m | 2.4 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | SSW 195° | 893 m | 3.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 71° | 862 m | 3.0 mi |
| Luper Mountain | NE 51° | 833 m | 11.2 mi |
| Big Rock Mountain | NE 50° | 824 m | 6.4 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | NE 53° | 811 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:22 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:05 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 15:51 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crossville MEM AP, 10 mi away.
- dwarf larkspur5 obs
- pink lady's slipper4 obs
- mayapple4 obs
- marginal wood fern4 obs
- striped wintergreen4 obs
- Smooth Rock Tripe3 obs
- American cancer-root3 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element way/858358163
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