Bench Mountain
Bench Mountain rises to 805 m in Tennessee. Phils View stands 1,186 m to the southeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31662162, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 805 m
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 13 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 19 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 19 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 4.1 mi
- Paula Dean's Lumberjack Feud: 6.0 mi
- The Grand Majestic Theater: 6.0 mi
- MagiQuest: 6.1 mi
- Gator Golf: 6.1 mi
- Bluff Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Little Double: 0.7 mi
- Yellow Knob: 1.4 mi
- Big Pine Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Green Top: 1.5 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 5.4 mi
- Patriot Park: 7.4 mi
- Paine Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 8.0 mi
- Bower Field Community Park: 9.5 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 8.4 mi
- Meigs Falls: 8.8 mi
- Meigs Creek Cascade: 9.5 mi
- Laurel Falls: 9.6 mi
- Mannis Branch Falls: 9.9 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 3.9 mi
- Cooter's Place: 6.2 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 6.3 mi
- Floyd Garett's Muscle Car Museum: 8.3 mi
- Sevier County Heritage Museum: 8.3 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 7.4 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 7.5 mi
- John Sevier Monument: 8.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 13.6 mi
- East End: 2.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Hanging Rock: 9.5 mi
- Emert Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Eight Acre Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Vista Gardens: 11.7 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 17.0 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 17.5 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 17.5 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 17.5 mi
- Fish: 7.2 mi
- Veterans Statue: 8.3 mi
- Dolly Parton: 8.3 mi
- Bear: 11.5 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 16.6 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 14.1 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 14.3 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 14.7 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 15.0 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Strong rock spring: 15.4 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 18.4 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Bench Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phils View | SE 141° | 1,186 m | 8.9 mi |
| Chinquapin Knob | SSE 152° | 1,144 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Harrison | SE 138° | 1,072 m | 9.3 mi |
| Cove Mountain | SE 138° | 1,061 m | 8.1 mi |
| Round Top | S 171° | 936 m | 7.4 mi |
| Green Top | NE 42° | 921 m | 1.5 mi |
| Curry He Mountain | SSE 167° | 921 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | N 3° | 899 m | 0.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sevierville, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356787392
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