Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome
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Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome rises to 921 m in Tennessee. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Presswood Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
This mountain is labeled by the USGS as Oswald Dome but is alternatively called Bean Mountain in reference to the benchmark on its summit
The story
Oswald Dome (elevation 3,022 feet (921 m)), also known as Bean Mountain, is a mountain located in the Cherokee National Forest in Polk County, Tennessee. It is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which is part of the larger Appalachian Mountains.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q16896275, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 921 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 19.6 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 5 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 6 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Presswood Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Lowry Top: 1.6 mi
- Hooper Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Gee Knob: 3.6 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Quinn Springs Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Hiwassee Ocoee State Park: 2.9 mi
- Lost Corral Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Clemmer Campsite: 3.3 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 3.2 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Nancy Ward Tomb: 7.2 mi
- Company A: 9.3 mi
- World War I Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 9.3 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 9.3 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 17.7 mi
- Rolling Thunder River Company: 18.0 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 18.0 mi
- Lowry Falls: 2.4 mi
- Benton Falls: 4.1 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 4.7 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 6.8 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 10.6 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 10.8 mi
- White Cliff: 12.7 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Eads Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Panther Bluff: 20.1 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 9.3 mi
- Swift Museum: 14.1 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 17.3 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 18.0 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 19.0 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 6.1 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 23.6 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Parksville Beach: 7.4 mi
- Shady Beach: 9.4 mi
- Shady Beach: 9.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 17.8 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 18.0 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 23.3 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 24.3 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | S 173° | 1,276 m | 13.3 mi |
| Chimneytop | S 171° | 1,137 m | 12.4 mi |
| Little Frog Mountain | SE 131° | 1,017 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SE 131° | 1,016 m | 10.3 mi |
| Smith Mountain | ESE 120° | 946 m | 10.7 mi |
| Licklog Top | SSE 163° | 901 m | 12.8 mi |
| Panther Knob | SE 140° | 895 m | 10.9 mi |
| Peavine Mountain | SSE 166° | 864 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:51 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Fltr PLT, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356883959
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