Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill rises to 434 m in Tennessee. Gregory Bald stands 1,505 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkeypen Bluff, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 8.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31664633, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 434 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 14 mi
- Whig Cove · 15 mi
- Haw Knob · 15 mi
- Shute Cove Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stratton Knob: 1.2 mi
- Pictured Pine Knob: 1.6 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 2.2 mi
- Shingle Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Buchannan Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Tallassee Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Citico Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Harrison Branch Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Tellico Wildlife Management Area: 6.6 mi
- Ballplay Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 7.0 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 7.9 mi
- Aiken Branch Falls: 8.7 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Bear Creek Falls (Cheoah): 9.3 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 0.5 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 1.3 mi
- Morton Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Leeper Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 4.6 mi
- Chota Monument: 4.9 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 9.7 mi
- McGhee: 10.5 mi
- Morganton: 12.6 mi
- Tree of Shame: 8.6 mi
- Greenback Castle: 8.9 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 13.9 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 15.8 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 17.6 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 10.0 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 11.2 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 16.1 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 18.2 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 19.3 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 16.2 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 23.0 mi
- Poplar Spring: 19.4 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 21.7 mi
- Hardin Spring: 21.8 mi
- Calderwood: 4.2 mi
- Proctor: 18.6 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 15.5 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Bunker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Bald | E 95° | 1,505 m | 10.3 mi |
| Parson Bald | E 98° | 1,442 m | 9.4 mi |
| Strawberry Knob | S 174° | 1,413 m | 12.4 mi |
| Forge Knob | E 94° | 1,359 m | 11.6 mi |
| Rockstack | SSE 169° | 1,335 m | 9.6 mi |
| Rye Patch | E 98° | 1,335 m | 11.3 mi |
| High Point | E 91° | 1,329 m | 10.1 mi |
| Big Fodderstack | S 172° | 1,321 m | 8.5 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 | 16:48 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1279006 — Bunker Hill, Monroe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356791064
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