Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain rises to 521 m in Tennessee. Haw Knob stands 1,662 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tellico Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.5 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31663228, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 521 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 26.2 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 10 mi
- Whig Cove · 11 mi
- Haw Knob · 11 mi
- Sunset Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tellico Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Citico Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Salt Spring Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Flagpole Hill: 2.9 mi
- Citico Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Canebrake Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Pictured Pine Knob: 4.2 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 6.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 7.3 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 7.7 mi
- Sand Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 6.1 mi
- Chota Monument: 6.6 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 10.8 mi
- McGhee: 11.9 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Morton Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Morton Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 10.3 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 12.9 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 14.2 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 19.2 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 19.2 mi
- Tree of Shame: 10.2 mi
- Greenback Castle: 11.5 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 12.1 mi
- The Lost Sea: 19.2 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 21.4 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 20.9 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Calderwood: 6.9 mi
- Proctor: 21.1 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 12.4 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 17.3 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 21.1 mi
- Poplar Spring: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Blue Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haw Knob | SSE 158° | 1,662 m | 11.4 mi |
| Little Huckleberry Knob | SSE 146° | 1,636 m | 11.1 mi |
| Little Haw Knob | SSE 160° | 1,562 m | 10.9 mi |
| Johns Knob | SSE 156° | 1,491 m | 10.0 mi |
| Strawberry Knob | SSE 149° | 1,413 m | 8.6 mi |
| Rockstack | SE 133° | 1,335 m | 6.7 mi |
| Big Fodderstack | SE 130° | 1,321 m | 5.5 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SE 134° | 1,319 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:49 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tapoco, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356788884
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