Big Butte
Big Butte rises to 518 m in Tennessee. Dugger Hill stands 617 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in White County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31662361, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 518 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Little Top: 2.0 mi
- Little Chestnut Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Buzzard Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Milksick Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Beecher Wallace Homestead: 3.2 mi
- Rockhouse State Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 6.4 mi
- Pearson Park: 6.9 mi
- Spencer City Park: 7.6 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Virgin Falls: 3.0 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 4.3 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 4.8 mi
- Piney Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 7.8 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 7.8 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 21.4 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 21.4 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 22.3 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 22.0 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 23.3 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 23.7 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 24.2 mi
- Sunset Rock: 6.2 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 11.9 mi
- George's Hole: 12.4 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 20.6 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 21.4 mi
- Copper Cliff: 7.3 mi
- Medley Arch: 7.7 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 15.9 mi
- Harris Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Brady Bluff: 24.7 mi
- George's Hole: 12.5 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 20.1 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 22.7 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 23.9 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 24.3 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 13.0 mi
- Pinhook: 17.9 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Big Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dugger Hill | E 92° | 617 m | 10.1 mi |
| Big Level | E 89° | 617 m | 11.0 mi |
| Potts Knob | ENE 76° | 617 m | 12.2 mi |
| Buck Knob | S 181° | 617 m | 16.8 mi |
| Bradden Knob | SSE 159° | 616 m | 12.5 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | NE 54° | 610 m | 5.7 mi |
| The Pounds | ENE 79° | 603 m | 12.7 mi |
| Nussom Knob | SE 125° | 603 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:52 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta Wastewater Plant, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1277268 — Big Butte, White County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356788098
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