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Adkins Mountain

Adkins Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Adkins Mountain rises to 918 m in Tennessee. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Huckaby Knob, a peak 1.8 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31660396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
918 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.35397, -84.29910

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
Historic sites: 21
  • Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 12.0 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 12.1 mi
  • Why Miners Fought: 12.1 mi
  • Militia Hill: 12.1 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 15
Museums: 11
  • Campbell County Historical: 10.1 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 12.2 mi
  • Museum of Scott County: 13.5 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 15.9 mi
  • Norris Museum: 16.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Train Cars: 7.7 mi
  • Winona General Store: 8.3 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 14.7 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 14.9 mi
  • Aspire: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Emory Gap Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Debord Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Angel Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Big Spring Falls: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.4 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 21.1 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Diocese Arch: 21.2 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Adkins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainSSE 161°1,075 m11.4 mi
The Flag PoleSSE 161°1,075 m11.4 mi
Hurricane MountainSSE 165°1,007 m5.3 mi
Hatmaker KnobSSE 168°976 m4.8 mi
Ash Log MountainS 181°975 m5.8 mi
Grissel KnobSSE 160°973 m4.5 mi
Huckaby KnobSE 124°953 m1.8 mi
Massengale MountainS 186°936 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:49
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556572757468574639
Precip in4.65.05.25.14.85.05.83.83.62.83.85.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356784931

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