Bench Mountain
Bench Mountain rises to 499 m in Tennessee. Blanket Mountain stands 1,405 m to the south, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweat Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4605499.
Wikidata Q31662145, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 499 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 24.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 24.3 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 24.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 8 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 14 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 14 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 2.0 mi
- Jurassic Jungle Boat Ride: 3.1 mi
- Speed Zone Fun Park: 3.1 mi
- Truth Traveler: 3.1 mi
- Paula Dean's Lumberjack Feud: 3.3 mi
- Sweat Hill: 0.9 mi
- Tilda High Top: 1.1 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Raven Den: 2.0 mi
- Headrick Top: 2.3 mi
- Laurel Falls: 5.9 mi
- Cataract Falls: 6.1 mi
- Mannis Branch Falls: 7.0 mi
- Thousand Drips: 7.4 mi
- Meigs Falls: 7.7 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 2.4 mi
- Patriot Park: 3.2 mi
- Mynatt Park: 6.3 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 6.9 mi
- Paine Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 2.0 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 3.2 mi
- Cooter's Place: 3.4 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 4.3 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 5.8 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 3.2 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 3.3 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 8.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 11.0 mi
- East End: 4.7 mi
- The Shinbone: 8.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 11.7 mi
- Eight Acre Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 12.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 6.4 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 21.9 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 22.7 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 22.7 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 22.7 mi
- Fish: 3.0 mi
- Bear: 6.2 mi
- Veterans Statue: 7.5 mi
- Dolly Parton: 7.5 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 21.1 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 10.3 mi
- Greenbrier: 11.9 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 19.5 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 19.7 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 19.8 mi
- Strong rock spring: 18.8 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 23.1 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 10.3 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Bench Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanket Mountain | S 184° | 1,405 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bull Head | SE 138° | 1,311 m | 9.3 mi |
| Meigs Mountain | S 188° | 1,222 m | 8.8 mi |
| Phils View | S 169° | 1,186 m | 4.7 mi |
| Chinquapin Knob | S 185° | 1,144 m | 5.8 mi |
| Piney Mountain | SE 128° | 1,089 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Harrison | SSE 161° | 1,072 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cove Mountain | S 169° | 1,061 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:17 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1276995 — Bench Mountain, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356787389
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