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Adams Hill

Adams Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Adams Hill rises to 260 m in Tennessee. Capshaw Mountain stands 381 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Winding Stair Bluff, a cliff 2.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 273 miles off. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31660379, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
260 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.02369, -87.07362

125 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
Peaks: 36
Cliffs: 15
Historic sites: 7
  • Civil War Hospital: 8.1 mi
  • Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle: 9.1 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans of America: 11.3 mi
  • Alabama Korean Veterans War Memorial: 11.3 mi
  • Helicopter: 16.1 mi
Museums: 6
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 16.1 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 16.1 mi
  • Gulf Museum: 16.4 mi
  • david crockett house: 21.0 mi
  • David Crockett Museum: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 5
Attractions: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rocket Rest Area: 11.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hickory House: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Blowing Springs Cave Nature Preserve: 17.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Mallard Creek Beach: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Crockett Falls: 23.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Adams Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Capshaw MountainSE 127°381 m23.6 mi
Horse KnobNE 40°328 m22.8 mi
Howell HillENE 58°319 m20.0 mi
Apple HillN 2°319 m22.7 mi
Cathcart HillENE 57°317 m20.3 mi
Round HillNE 43°309 m16.0 mi
Bell HillNNE 23°308 m12.0 mi
Chambliss HillNE 36°307 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:3519:2920:06
September equinox06:3718:1318:47
December solstice06:5316:0216:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576573777670584740
Precip in5.35.75.55.14.64.84.84.44.13.84.36.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pulaski Wwtp, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1275468 — Adams Hill, Giles County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356784863

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