Big Butte
Big Butte rises to 499 m in Tennessee. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the north-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is RC Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31662329, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 499 m
How to reach it
- 13.4 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 16.2 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- RC Park: 1.5 mi
- Arrow Head Park: 3.4 mi
- Marlow Park: 3.9 mi
- Highland View Park: 4.1 mi
- Lasalle Park: 4.5 mi
- Grave Hill: 2.2 mi
- Toddy Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Windrock Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Big Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Marlow Elementary School Cafeteria: 3.7 mi
- International Friendship Bell: 5.0 mi
- The Clinton 12 – Walking into History: 9.4 mi
- Magnet Mills: 9.9 mi
- K-25 (Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant): 10.8 mi
- Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 3.0 mi
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 4.0 mi
- The Oak Ridge History Museum: 4.8 mi
- American Museum of Science and Energy: 5.2 mi
- Green McAdoo Cultural Center: 9.4 mi
- Bull Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Stubbs Bluff: 11.4 mi
- River Ridge: 12.7 mi
- Stowe Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Massengil Spring: 7.6 mi
- Herron Spring: 15.0 mi
- Poplar Spring: 15.1 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 18.7 mi
- Hardin Spring: 18.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 21.3 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 21.8 mi
- Grow Lab: 22.3 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 22.4 mi
- Abandoned Train: 6.7 mi
- Aspire: 10.2 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 16.0 mi
- Train Cars: 19.1 mi
- Winona General Store: 22.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Wheat: 10.3 mi
- Montgomery: 17.4 mi
- Loyston: 23.8 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 17.1 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 17.3 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 21.9 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 22.8 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 22.9 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 23.6 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 10.4 mi
- Debord Falls: 10.6 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 23.1 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Big Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,075 m | 9.5 mi |
| The Flag Pole | NNE 26° | 1,075 m | 9.5 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,027 m | 8.1 mi |
| Big Fodderstack | WNW 290° | 1,013 m | 6.6 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | N 358° | 1,008 m | 6.0 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | WNW 304° | 1,007 m | 9.2 mi |
| Squire Knob | WNW 302° | 1,002 m | 9.9 mi |
| Frozen Head | WNW 291° | 1,001 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356788092
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