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Charles Mountain

Charles Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Charles Mountain rises to 504 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the east, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 17 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31666278, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
504 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.41288, -82.86099

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 4.0 mi
  • Thomas Amis Historic Park: 5.1 mi
  • Baileyton Community Park: 5.6 mi
  • Laurel Run Park: 11.5 mi
  • Mount Carmel Park: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 17
  • Swift Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 16.7 mi
  • Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 16.7 mi
  • Doak House Museum: 17.3 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 4.5 mi
  • Rod Armstrong Building: 8.1 mi
  • Kyle House: 8.1 mi
  • Hale Springs Inn: 8.1 mi
  • Joseph Rogers Building: 8.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 6.1 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 6.7 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.0 mi
Attractions: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Artworks: 1
Springs: 1
  • Rocky Spring: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Charles Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ChimneytopE 92°945 m8.6 mi
Chimneytop MountainE 92°926 m8.6 mi
Fodderstack MountainESE 110°839 m6.1 mi
Stone MountainESE 121°789 m4.6 mi
Stony LumpSE 142°766 m4.3 mi
Devils NoseWNW 290°727 m8.6 mi
Holston River MountainENE 61°707 m14.0 mi
Brokenback MountainSSW 198°675 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0919:43
June solstice06:1520:1520:53
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:4016:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in4.64.24.54.54.14.44.93.23.32.73.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogersville 1 NE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356793966

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