Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 649 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bonner Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Sequatchie County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31662976, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 649 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bonner Knob: 1.0 mi
- Jakes Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Wolfpen Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Lockhart Hill: 3.7 mi
- Price Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Savage Falls: 6.6 mi
- Horsepound Falls: 9.1 mi
- Suter Falls: 9.8 mi
- Ranger Falls: 12.0 mi
- Piney Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
- South Cumberland Recreation Area: 7.1 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Savage Gulf State Natural Area: 9.0 mi
- Coke Ovens Park: 10.1 mi
- Harris Park: 10.8 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 15.9 mi
- Mining Ruins: 21.7 mi
- Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 22.7 mi
- Site #10 - Jeffery Home Site: 22.7 mi
- Site #2 - Ore Car Path: 22.7 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 7.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Medley Arch: 15.7 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Copper Cliff: 22.4 mi
- Savage Gulf State Park: 10.5 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 19.9 mi
- North Chick Corridor: 21.8 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 23.9 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 24.5 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 10.1 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 16.2 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 16.3 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- George's Hole: 12.6 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 9.0 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 12.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | SSW 210° | 715 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bunker Hill | S 189° | 703 m | 10.8 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | S 182° | 694 m | 3.7 mi |
| Price Mountain | SSW 198° | 689 m | 4.4 mi |
| Flat Mountain | S 174° | 684 m | 6.7 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | NW 322° | 670 m | 1.5 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | SSE 165° | 664 m | 2.5 mi |
| Stocker Hill | SW 218° | 654 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:54 | 16:33 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fall Creek Falls SP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1277584 — Black Mountain, Sequatchie County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356788530
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