Bullet Mountain
Bullet Mountain rises to 494 m in Tennessee. Hemlock Knob stands 1,211 m to the east-southeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mose Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31664545, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 494 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 17.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 14 mi
- Whig Cove · 14 mi
- Haw Knob · 15 mi
- Sunset Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 6.9 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Ballplay Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 9.3 mi
- Holly Flats Recreation Area: 9.3 mi
- Mose Mountain: 0.8 mi
- High Top: 1.2 mi
- Donley Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bell Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Baby Falls: 6.9 mi
- Bald River Falls: 7.0 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 11.1 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 14.3 mi
- Violet Falls: 14.8 mi
- The Lost Sea: 13.5 mi
- Greenback Castle: 15.8 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 16.3 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 16.4 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 18.4 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 12.2 mi
- Chota Monument: 12.4 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 13.5 mi
- McGhee: 14.5 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 8.0 mi
- White Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Morton Bluff: 19.1 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 3.7 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 12.2 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 16.3 mi
- Swift Museum: 17.2 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 18.3 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 18.3 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 18.6 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 23.6 mi
- Poplar Spring: 23.8 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 24.6 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 24.6 mi
- Calderwood: 16.3 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Bullet Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemlock Knob | ESE 111° | 1,211 m | 9.0 mi |
| Waucheesi Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,105 m | 9.1 mi |
| Cantrell Top | S 174° | 1,100 m | 9.9 mi |
| Turkey Creek Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,063 m | 7.8 mi |
| Flats Mountain | E 100° | 1,013 m | 8.8 mi |
| Peels Top | S 182° | 990 m | 11.1 mi |
| Gravelstand Top | SSE 160° | 924 m | 8.0 mi |
| Henderson Top | SE 143° | 888 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:49 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356884214
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