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Bird Mountain

Bird Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bird Mountain rises to 958 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Emory Gap Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31662873, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
958 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.14952, -84.48160

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 26
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 11
Springs: 6
  • Massengil Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Rose Spring: 23.2 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 5.5 mi
  • Train Cars: 12.8 mi
  • Winona General Store: 15.8 mi
  • Aspire: 20.3 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Emory Gap Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Debord Falls: 0.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Bird Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big FodderstackSE1,013 m4.7 mi
Stallion MountainE1,007 m2.2 mi
Squire KnobE1,002 m1.4 mi
Frozen HeadSE1,001 m2.3 mi
Burge MountainENE993 m5.0 mi
Walnut KnobNE988 m2.5 mi
Bald KnobENE985 m1.2 mi
American KnobESE984 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2220:2120:59
September equinox07:2719:0319:36
December solstice07:4616:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471747367574639
Precip in4.84.65.05.94.75.15.73.44.33.33.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancing 6 NW, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1277511 — Bird Mountain, Morgan County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356788423

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