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Arch Mountain

Arch Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Arch Mountain rises to 856 m in Tennessee. Redoak Mountain stands 1,027 m to the east-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31660783, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
856 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.21647, -84.39549

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 26
  • Why Miners Fought: 12.6 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 12.6 mi
  • Coal Creek War: 12.6 mi
  • Militia Hill: 12.6 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 12
  • Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 12.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 13.3 mi
  • Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 15.0 mi
  • Museum of Scott County: 15.2 mi
  • The Oak Ridge History Museum: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 4.7 mi
  • Train Cars: 8.2 mi
  • Winona General Store: 11.4 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 17.1 mi
  • Aspire: 17.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Massengil Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Debord Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Angel Falls: 23.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 21.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Arch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Redoak MountainESE 106°1,027 m8.3 mi
Big FodderstackS 189°1,013 m7.6 mi
Buffalo MountainSE 128°1,008 m6.1 mi
Stallion MountainSSW 209°1,007 m5.4 mi
Hurricane MountainENE 57°1,007 m8.1 mi
Squire KnobSW 217°1,002 m5.7 mi
Frozen HeadSSW 208°1,001 m7.4 mi
Burge MountainS 186°993 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
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: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606876797872614942
Precip in5.15.65.15.24.14.65.53.53.83.14.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1275840 — Arch Mountain, Scott County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356785592

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