Bell Mountain
Bell Mountain rises to 549 m in Tennessee. Rattlesnake Rock stands 1,239 m to the east-southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is High Top, a peak 1.5 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31662056, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 549 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 22.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 12 mi
- Whig Cove · 12 mi
- Haw Knob · 13 mi
- Sunset Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Holly Flats Recreation Area: 6.9 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 8.7 mi
- Fall Branch Scenic Area: 9.5 mi
- High Top: 1.5 mi
- Donley Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mose Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Bullet Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Cane Creek Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Baby Falls: 4.6 mi
- Bald River Falls: 4.7 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 9.6 mi
- Tellico Falls: 13.1 mi
- Violet Falls: 13.3 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 13.5 mi
- Chota Monument: 13.7 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 15.4 mi
- McGhee: 16.4 mi
- The Lost Sea: 15.7 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 16.8 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 16.8 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 17.1 mi
- All Nations Cross: 17.3 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 3.6 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 14.2 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 16.7 mi
- Swift Museum: 18.3 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 20.1 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 10.2 mi
- White Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Morton Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 17.4 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 17.8 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Calderwood: 16.3 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Bell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Rock | ESE 101° | 1,239 m | 9.8 mi |
| Hemlock Knob | E 98° | 1,211 m | 7.4 mi |
| Hazelnut Knob | SSE 163° | 1,136 m | 9.7 mi |
| Nit Top | SSE 158° | 1,112 m | 9.6 mi |
| Waucheesi Mountain | S 172° | 1,105 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sugar Mountain | SE 136° | 1,102 m | 9.3 mi |
| Cantrell Top | S 180° | 1,100 m | 7.8 mi |
| Turkey Creek Mountain | E 99° | 1,063 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:49 | 17:29 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356883995
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