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Burge Mountain

Burge Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Burge Mountain rises to 993 m in Tennessee. Redoak Mountain stands 1,027 m to the east, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Smoky Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31664702, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
993 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.17925, -84.40049

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 28
Cliffs: 16
Museums: 12
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 2.3 mi
  • Train Cars: 10.7 mi
  • Winona General Store: 13.8 mi
  • Aspire: 16.5 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 17.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Massengil Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Herron Spring: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Emory Gap Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Debord Falls: 5.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 23.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Burge Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Redoak MountainE 88°1,027 m8.3 mi
Big FodderstackS 190°1,013 m5.0 mi
Buffalo MountainESE 103°1,008 m5.2 mi
Stallion MountainSW 228°1,007 m3.2 mi
Squire KnobWSW 237°1,002 m3.7 mi
Frozen HeadSW 219°1,001 m5.1 mi
Pilot MountainESE 107°993 m7.5 mi
Walnut KnobWSW 258°988 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606876797872614942
Precip in5.15.65.15.24.14.65.53.53.83.14.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1279034 — Burge Mountain, Scott County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356791157

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