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Anderson Mountain

Anderson Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Anderson Mountain rises to 767 m in Tennessee. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Poor Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in Scott County, Tennessee, United States (Geonames ID 4602676)

Wikidata Q31660701, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
767 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.30980, -84.35688

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
  • Cove Lake State: 8.0 mi
  • Asbury Park: 8.1 mi
  • Flat Creek Park: 11.2 mi
  • Pine Hill Community Park: 12.0 mi
  • Highschool Park: 12.0 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Why Miners Fought: 12.4 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 12.4 mi
  • Militia Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Coal Creek War: 12.4 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 15
Museums: 11
  • Museum of Scott County: 11.8 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 12.8 mi
  • Campbell County Historical: 14.1 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 17.2 mi
  • Norris Museum: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Train Cars: 4.6 mi
  • Winona General Store: 6.7 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 11.2 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 16.1 mi
  • Aspire: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Debord Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Angel Falls: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 21.6 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Diocese Arch: 19.6 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Anderson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainSE 138°1,075 m10.4 mi
The Flag PoleSE 138°1,075 m10.4 mi
Redoak MountainSE 146°1,027 m10.5 mi
Buffalo MountainSSE 166°1,008 m10.6 mi
Hurricane MountainESE 114°1,007 m5.1 mi
Burge MountainSSW 195°993 m9.3 mi
Hatmaker KnobESE 111°976 m4.6 mi
Ash Log MountainSE 132°975 m4.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:49
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845556371757367564538
Precip in5.15.15.75.24.94.85.64.54.03.33.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356785355

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