Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 721 m in Tennessee. Peels Top stands 990 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is White Cliff, a cliff 1.7 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 9.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1327650).
Wikidata Q31662941, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 721 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 13.5 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 27.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 27.3 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 16 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 18 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 18 mi
- Whig Cove · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- L&N Depot Park: 5.6 mi
- Rotary Park: 5.6 mi
- Firefighter Park: 5.7 mi
- Towee Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 8.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Prospect Knob: 3.5 mi
- Locust Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Kirby Knob: 3.7 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 8.5 mi
- Lowry Falls: 8.7 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 11.8 mi
- Bald River Falls: 14.1 mi
- Baby Falls: 14.2 mi
- World War I Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Company A: 5.6 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 5.7 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 8.6 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 5.6 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 5.7 mi
- The Lost Sea: 15.5 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 16.4 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 16.4 mi
- White Cliff: 1.7 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Ward Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 21.8 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 5.6 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 8.3 mi
- Swift Museum: 9.5 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 13.2 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 22.0 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 8.2 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 16.8 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 16.9 mi
- Parksville Beach: 18.4 mi
- Shady Beach: 20.4 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peels Top | ESE 116° | 990 m | 10.5 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | SW 222° | 921 m | 11.1 mi |
| Peels High Top | ESE 121° | 907 m | 10.1 mi |
| Lowry Top | SW 220° | 818 m | 9.6 mi |
| Buck Bald | SE 142° | 710 m | 9.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSE 148° | 702 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cataska Mountain | ESE 118° | 676 m | 4.9 mi |
| Borin Top | ESE 118° | 675 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:19 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:50 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1327650 — Black Mountain, Monroe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356884120
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