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Brown Mountain

Brown Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Brown Mountain rises to 384 m in Tennessee. Green Top stands 921 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Gary Underwood Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31663990, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
384 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.91008, -83.87018

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gary Underwood Park: 1.1 mi
  • Charter E. Doyle Park: 1.9 mi
  • Urban Wilderness Gateway Park: 2.6 mi
  • Sam Duff Park: 2.7 mi
  • Maynard Glenn Fields: 2.9 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Ramsey House Plantation: 4.7 mi
  • Knox Selfie Lab: 4.9 mi
  • Nick's MTB Trails: 11.3 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 12.1 mi
  • The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 16.7 mi
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 25
Cliffs: 25
Waterfalls: 14
  • Boyd Hollow Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Meadow Branch Cascade: 19.9 mi
  • Meigs Falls: 19.9 mi
  • White Oak Sinks Falls: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 10
Artworks: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Saratoga Pavillion: 16.5 mi
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Love's Creek Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Strong rock spring: 11.6 mi
  • Herron Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Brown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green TopESE 121°921 m13.3 mi
Bluff MountainSE 125°899 m12.8 mi
Little DoubleSE 129°851 m12.5 mi
Bench MountainSE 127°805 m13.1 mi
Bearwallow MountainSE 141°720 m12.4 mi
Pleasant ViewSE 140°712 m12.2 mi
Blue Rock MountainSE 137°679 m13.0 mi
Yellow KnobSE 133°657 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1419:47
June solstice06:2020:1820:56
September equinox07:2419:0019:34
December solstice07:4316:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149576674777671594840
Precip in5.25.15.35.24.54.05.83.44.13.14.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356774264

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