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Bench Mountain

Bench Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31662162, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
805 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.79601, -83.68407

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Waterfalls: 38
  • 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
Museums: 25
  • 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
Historic sites: 23
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 10
Artworks: 8
  • Fish: 7.2 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 8.3 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 8.3 mi
  • Bear: 11.5 mi
  • Sam Houston Statue: 16.6 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • 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
Nature reserves: 8
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Strong rock spring: 15.4 mi
  • Love's Creek Spring: 18.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Bench Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Phils ViewSE 141°1,185.75 m8.9 mi
Chinquapin KnobSSE 152°1,144 m9.1 mi
Mount HarrisonSE 138°1,072 m9.3 mi
Cove MountainSE 138°1,061 m8.1 mi
Round TopS 171°936.479 m7.4 mi
Green TopNE 42°921 m1.5 mi
Bluff MountainN 3°899 m0.6 mi
Little DoubleW 269°851 m0.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1720:55
September equinox07:2319:0019:33
December solstice07:4216:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596775787872604841
Precip in4.44.34.74.33.94.34.63.43.62.93.64.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sevierville, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356787392

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