Big Butte
Big Butte rises to 612 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Flatbench Point, a peak 4.0 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31662345, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 612 m
How to reach it
- 27.8 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Flatbench Point: 4.0 mi
- Pull Tight Hill: 6.4 mi
- Burks Hill: 6.5 mi
- Evans Point: 7.2 mi
- Tanyard Point: 8.3 mi
- Manchester Soccer Complex: 9.7 mi
- Dave King Park: 9.9 mi
- Fred Deadman Park: 10.1 mi
- Manchester Rotary Park: 10.3 mi
- Coffee County Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
- Greeter Falls: 12.5 mi
- Ranger Falls: 14.6 mi
- Hanes Hole Falls: 15.6 mi
- Black Canyon Falls: 15.7 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 15.8 mi
- Wild Boar Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 13.2 mi
- Bald Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Brakefield Point: 14.3 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Park Office / Visitor Center / Museum / Gift Shop: 11.0 mi
- Sam H. Werner Military Museum: 14.7 mi
- Hands-On Science Center: 16.2 mi
- Tullahoma History Museum: 17.1 mi
- Beechcraft Heritage Museum: 18.8 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 5.7 mi
- Hickory Flat Woods WMA: 6.2 mi
- Short Springs Natural Area: 14.7 mi
- Savage Gulf State Park: 15.8 mi
- Cowan Marsh Public Hunting Area: 19.4 mi
- B.H. Goethert Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
- Rebel's Rest: 15.7 mi
- Memorial Cross: 16.7 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 21.3 mi
- Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery: 22.5 mi
- Short Spring: 14.7 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 17.2 mi
- Natural Spring House: 20.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 25.0 mi
- Dinah Shore Murals: 20.2 mi
- University of Tennessee Mural: 20.2 mi
- Franklin County Mural: 20.3 mi
- Tims Ford Lake Mural: 20.3 mi
- Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Foster Falls Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 13.5 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 13.6 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 20.9 mi
- Danny Cove: 23.3 mi
- Sewanee Natural Bridge: 19.3 mi
- Harvey's Garden: 20.2 mi
- Hopewell: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Big Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | ESE 107° | 715 m | 19.3 mi |
| Stocker Hill | ESE 110° | 654 m | 17.0 mi |
| Clouse Hill | SE 144° | 634 m | 11.9 mi |
| West Ramsey | SE 142° | 627 m | 13.8 mi |
| Scott Hill | SE 125° | 623 m | 15.4 mi |
| Fults Hill | ESE 115° | 619 m | 16.7 mi |
| East Ramsey | SE 140° | 616 m | 14.1 mi |
| Stoner Mountain | ENE 60° | 604 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:56 | 16:35 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manchester #2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1277266 — Big Butte, Coffee County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356788086
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