Sergeant Alvin York Mill State Historic Area
Sergeant Alvin York Mill State Historic Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 270 m. Skinner Mountain stands 550 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Alvin C York Home, a museum 0.1 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 270 m
How to reach it
- On the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Frogg Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Tater Hill: 1.1 mi
- Tater Hill: 1.1 mi
- Frogge Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Baylor Knob: 1.7 mi
- Horseshoe Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Horseshoe Cliff: 3.2 mi
- Jane Point: 3.3 mi
- Stephens Point: 3.9 mi
- Car Hauler Bridge: 5.5 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park: 0.3 mi
- Mark Twain City Park: 8.0 mi
- Pickett State Rustic Park Historic District: 9.2 mi
- Slave Falls: 10.9 mi
- Obey River Recreation Area: 11.5 mi
- good landing beach: 10.9 mi
- East Point Marina: 10.9 mi
- Sunset Marina: 11.0 mi
- launch site for kayak: 11.1 mi
- Rock Hole: 12.1 mi
- Buffalo Arch: 11.9 mi
- Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 16.4 mi
- Etta's Arch: 17.1 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 17.1 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 17.5 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 0.1 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 8.0 mi
- Old Jail: 8.0 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 9.4 mi
- Wayne County Historical Museum: 20.9 mi
- Handcock Falls: 17.5 mi
- Angel Falls: 17.6 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 19.5 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 24.4 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Rugby's Hidden History: 18.9 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 20.8 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 9.6 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 19.6 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Sergeant Alvin York Mill State Historic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skinner Mountain | SSW 210° | 550 m | 12.4 mi |
| Wright Mountain | SSW 199° | 541 m | 3.1 mi |
| Golman Mountain | NW 314° | 536 m | 4.7 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | SSW 207° | 535 m | 5.4 mi |
| Campbell Mountain | S 182° | 533 m | 6.1 mi |
| Cherry Gap Mountain | NNE 22° | 530 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bald Rock | NNW 345° | 527 m | 5.5 mi |
| Double Top Mountain | WSW 254° | 527 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:04 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:48 | 16:29 |
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 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 6.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamestown, 8 mi away.
- Variegated Fritillary6 obs
- Bronzed Tiger Beetle6 obs
- fall phlox6 obs
- Common Buckeye5 obs
- Rainbow Darter5 obs
- Common Merganser4 obs
- cardinal flower4 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356895039
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