Baker Mountain
Baker Mountain rises to 476 m in Tennessee. Pilot Knob stands 624 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Rockhouse State Memorial, a park 1.5 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
mountain in White County, Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31661000, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 476 m
How to reach it
- 21.9 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzard Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Story Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Dibrell Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Milksick Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Rockhouse State Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Pearson Park: 2.6 mi
- Beecher Wallace Homestead: 4.3 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 10.2 mi
- Spencer City Park: 10.9 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Virgin Falls: 6.3 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 7.1 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 7.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 13.9 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 10.9 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 10.9 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 18.9 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 18.9 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 19.0 mi
- Sunset Rock: 2.7 mi
- Virgin Falls Trailhead: 8.0 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 16.3 mi
- George's Hole: 16.9 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 22.1 mi
- Copper Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Medley Arch: 12.0 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 13.5 mi
- Harris Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Rocky Bar: 24.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- George's Hole: 16.9 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 18.2 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 21.6 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 19.4 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 19.8 mi
- Pinhook: 15.7 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 15.9 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Baker Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | ESE 119° | 624 m | 13.9 mi |
| Dugger Hill | ESE 111° | 617 m | 12.6 mi |
| Big Level | ESE 107° | 617 m | 13.2 mi |
| Potts Knob | E 96° | 617 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bradden Knob | SSE 159° | 616 m | 17.0 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | E 98° | 610 m | 6.4 mi |
| The Pounds | E 97° | 603 m | 14.2 mi |
| Kellog Knob | SSE 158° | 598 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:52 | 16:32 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta Wastewater Plant, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1269186 — Baker Mountain, White County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356773940
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