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Barker Pounds

Barker Pounds, seen from above at true elevation

Barker Pounds rises to 555 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Vortex Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q31661484, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
555 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.28035, -85.29468

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 55
Historic sites: 54
  • Mining Ruins: 2.9 mi
  • Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 5.8 mi
  • Site #2 - Ore Car Path: 5.9 mi
  • Site #10 - Jeffery Home Site: 5.9 mi
  • Site #6 - Mule Barn: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 43
  • Vortex Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Cooper Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Stevenson Branch Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Mystery Falls 8: 2.5 mi
  • Stripmine Falls: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 36
Cliffs: 24
Museums: 16
Nature reserves: 14
Artworks: 13
Gardens: 8
Springs: 5
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 11.2 mi
  • Obar Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Schwoon Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Straight Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Pryor Cave Spring: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Grove: 15.5 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 21.8 mi
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Barker Pounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainWNW715 m17.4 mi
Bunker HillWNW703 m13.1 mi
Lockhart HillNW694 m16.1 mi
Price MountainNW689 m16.6 mi
Flat MountainNW684 m13.4 mi
Jakes MountainNNW670 m20.5 mi
Wolfpen MountainNW664 m16.7 mi
Stocker HillWNW654 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:2018:53
June solstice05:2819:2220:00
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:4715:5416:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596673777669594941
Precip in6.35.05.85.84.85.34.94.65.03.75.06.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Soddy Daisy-mowbray MTN, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1276314 — Barker Pounds, Sequatchie County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356786455

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