Basin Mountain
Basin Mountain rises to 631 m in Tennessee. Worthington Knob stands 775 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31661567, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 631 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Keener Hill: 2.4 mi
- Blair Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Sheepnose Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Tucker Knob: 3.3 mi
- Pikeville City Park: 4.6 mi
- Bledsoe County Ball Park: 4.8 mi
- Veterans Park: 5.1 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Fall Creek Falls State Park: 6.8 mi
- Rockhouse Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Canes Creek Cascades;Cane Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Cane Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Coon Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 15.5 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 15.6 mi
- Blythe Ferry: 18.7 mi
- History Wall: 18.9 mi
- Routes Amphitheater: 18.9 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Medley Arch: 12.3 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Raven Cliff: 12.6 mi
- Copper Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 12.8 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 12.8 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 18.2 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 20.0 mi
- Piney River Area: 20.7 mi
- George's Hole: 7.3 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 8.0 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 14.1 mi
- M113: 16.9 mi
- UH-1: 16.9 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 15.3 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 15.6 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 16.0 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 16.2 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 18.9 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- George's Hole: 7.3 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 24.5 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 16.8 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 19.1 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Basin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington Knob | ENE 58° | 775 m | 14.7 mi |
| Gort Knob | NE 55° | 774 m | 18.3 mi |
| Walker Knob | NE 55° | 766 m | 16.9 mi |
| Clayton Knob | ENE 59° | 749 m | 14.3 mi |
| Lee Knob | NE 56° | 697 m | 15.7 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | SW 236° | 694 m | 14.2 mi |
| Price Mountain | WSW 237° | 689 m | 15.5 mi |
| Flat Mountain | SW 225° | 684 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:53 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pikeville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1276423 — Basin Mountain, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356786602
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