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Big Mountain

Big Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Big Mountain rises to 712 m in Tennessee. Redoak Mountain stands 1,027 m to the northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is American Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1305221)

Wikidata Q31662674, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
712 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.08647, -84.38215

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 29
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 13
Springs: 10
  • Massengil Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Herron Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Rose Spring: 20.8 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Abandoned Train: 4.3 mi
  • Aspire: 14.4 mi
  • Train Cars: 17.2 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 19.0 mi
  • Winona General Store: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Emory Gap Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Debord Falls: 6.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Big Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Redoak MountainNE 47°1,027 m9.9 mi
Big FodderstackNW 308°1,013 m2.4 mi
Buffalo MountainNE 38°1,008 m6.6 mi
Stallion MountainNW 322°1,007 m5.5 mi
Squire KnobNW 317°1,002 m6.1 mi
Frozen HeadWNW 300°1,001 m4.9 mi
Burge MountainN 351°993 m6.5 mi
Pilot MountainNE 56°993 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2220:2020:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4516:4817:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606876797872614942
Precip in5.15.65.15.24.14.65.53.53.83.14.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356843308

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