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Big Hill

Big Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Big Hill rises to 286 m in Tennessee. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Holland Ridge Community Pool, a park 2.1 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States.

Wikidata Q31662557, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
286 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.15867, -86.38388

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 56
  • Holland Ridge Community Pool: 2.1 mi
  • Lebanon Sports Complex: 4.5 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon State Park: 4.7 mi
  • Don Fox Community Park: 5.9 mi
  • Baird Municipal Park: 6.2 mi
Museums: 34
  • Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center: 5.3 mi
  • Lebanon Museum and History Center: 5.7 mi
  • Wilson County Veterans Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Gravel Road Traditions: 8.5 mi
  • Pumphouse museum: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 34
Artworks: 20
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 14.6 mi
  • Dollar General bear statue: 20.4 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 20.6 mi
  • James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 21.1 mi
  • Blue Horseshoe: 21.5 mi
Attractions: 17
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 5
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Cane Ridge Community Garden: 17.8 mi
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 20.3 mi
  • State Street Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 12.8 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 18.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 20.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Big Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceESE398 m13.7 mi
Fisher KnobSE383 m18.3 mi
Turney KnobSE379 m18.1 mi
Round Top KnobESE364 m20.5 mi
Grandfather KnobSSE363 m13.6 mi
Fodderstack KnobSE362 m20.7 mi
Lawrence KnobSE359 m18.2 mi
Pilot KnobESE357 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
June solstice05:2919:2920:07
September equinox06:3418:1018:44
December solstice06:5415:5516:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596876807872604941
Precip in4.74.95.04.95.64.54.83.93.83.43.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356788167

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