Brown Mountain
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
- 12.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 25 mi
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Buzzard Hill: 1.9 mi
- Wise Hill: 2.1 mi
- High Point: 2.1 mi
- Betsy Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Nichols Mountain: 2.9 mi
- 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
- McClung Museum: 4.3 mi
- Blount Mansion: 4.3 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 4.3 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 4.6 mi
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center: 4.6 mi
- Knoxville Historic Train: 4.3 mi
- James White Fort: 4.3 mi
- Terra: 4.7 mi
- Miller's Building Arch: 4.7 mi
- Million Dollar Fire: 4.8 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 5.3 mi
- Wright Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Keller Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 12.3 mi
- 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
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 4.4 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 4.4 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
- Grow Lab: 4.8 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 4.2 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 4.4 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 4.6 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 12.5 mi
- Veterans Statue: 17.3 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 2.1 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 3.2 mi
- 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
- 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
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Top | ESE 121° | 921 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SE 125° | 899 m | 12.8 mi |
| Little Double | SE 129° | 851 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bench Mountain | SE 127° | 805 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | SE 141° | 720 m | 12.4 mi |
| Pleasant View | SE 140° | 712 m | 12.2 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | SE 137° | 679 m | 13.0 mi |
| Yellow Knob | SE 133° | 657 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356774264
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