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Brokenback Mountain

Brokenback Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brokenback Mountain rises to 675 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 22 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31663908, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
675 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.33510, -82.89155

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Baileyton Community Park: 3.0 mi
  • Thomas Amis Historic Park: 6.8 mi
  • Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 9.6 mi
  • Saint Clair Park: 10.9 mi
  • The Big Spring: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 15
  • Swift Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 12.2 mi
  • Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 12.2 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 12.5 mi
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 12.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Rod Armstrong Building: 8.1 mi
  • Hale Springs Inn: 8.1 mi
  • Kyle House: 8.1 mi
  • Joseph Rogers Building: 8.1 mi
  • Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Margarette Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Pete's Branch Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Camp Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Squibb Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Hell Hollow Falls: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 4.8 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 6.9 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 21.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rocky Spring: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Overlook Access: 24.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Brokenback Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ChimneytopENE 64°945 m11.4 mi
Chimneytop MountainENE 64°926 m11.4 mi
Fodderstack MountainENE 66°839 m8.2 mi
Short MountainWNW 281°808 m16.3 mi
Stone MountainENE 62°789 m6.4 mi
Stony LumpENE 65°766 m4.8 mi
Devils NoseNW 322°727 m10.5 mi
Brown MountainNE 39°659 m1.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1520:1520:53
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:4016:4117:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in4.64.24.54.54.14.44.93.23.32.73.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogersville 1 NE, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356790176

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