Peak · Tennessee
Aetna Mountain
Aetna Mountain rises to 491 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Cedar Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31660412, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 491 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.05437, -85.51199
- 5.0 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 9.8 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Rock · 10 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #4 - Western Overlook & Wauhatchie · 10 mi
- Ropers Rock · 10 mi
- The Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Little Cedar Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Hicks Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Little Cedar Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Windy Mountain: 5.2 mi
Parks
- Marion County Park: 3.2 mi
- Running Water Public Use Area: 3.3 mi
- Nickajack Park: 6.2 mi
- Jasper City Park: 6.3 mi
- Blowing Spring Park: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 48
- Moonshine Still: 4.5 mi
- Battle of Wauhatchie Site (New York Monument): 8.4 mi
- Judge M.M. Allison: 10.0 mi
- New York Peace Monument: 10.0 mi
- Grose's Brigade and Regimental monuments at Lookout Mountain: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 39
- Corn Maze: 4.7 mi
- The Suck: 8.3 mi
- Cravens House: 10.0 mi
- Ruby Falls: 10.1 mi
- South Pittsburg Municipal Hospital: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 36
- Blowing Wind Falls: 5.8 mi
- Julia Falls 95: 9.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls 40: 9.7 mi
- Upper Glen Falls 12: 10.6 mi
- Glen Falls 15: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 29
- Grays Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 6.3 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 6.5 mi
- Street Point: 6.6 mi
- Seward Point: 7.8 mi
Springs: 21
- Obar Spring: 6.3 mi
- Pryor Cave Spring: 6.6 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 9.9 mi
- Taylor Spring: 10.4 mi
- Straight Spring: 11.0 mi
Museums: 20
- Ochs Memorial Museum: 10.0 mi
- Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 10.0 mi
- International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum: 11.0 mi
- Lodge Museum of Cast Iron: 11.2 mi
- Creative Discovery Museum: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 14
- Nutrition Sculpture: 10.6 mi
- Resurgence I: 10.6 mi
- Resurgence II: 10.6 mi
- Ruth Holmberg Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Moonrise: 10.9 mi
Nature reserves: 12
- Battle Creek Public Hunting Area: 11.5 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 11.8 mi
- North Chick Corridor: 15.0 mi
- Cloudland Canyon State Park: 15.1 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 8
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 8.9 mi
- Sensory Garden: 8.9 mi
- Rock City Gardens: 10.8 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 11.0 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Foster Falls Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 13.4 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 15.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 3.2 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 19.9 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 20.3 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 23.5 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 4
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 16.5 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 19.4 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 22.2 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 23.1 mi
Natural arches: 2
- Natural Bridge: 6.0 mi
- Sewanee Natural Bridge: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Aetna Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | NNW 348° | 715 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bunker Hill | N 1° | 703 m | 21.0 mi |
| Stocker Hill | NNW 341° | 654 m | 21.5 mi |
| Round Top | SSE 158° | 647 m | 16.2 mi |
| West Ramsey | NW 317° | 627 m | 21.1 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | NNE 27° | 624.84 m | 10.0 mi |
| Scott Hill | NNW 329° | 623 m | 20.2 mi |
| Fults Hill | NNW 338° | 619 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 15:56 | 16:35 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout Mtn-point Park, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1314103 — Aetna Mountain, Marion County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356851962
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