Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 768 m in Tennessee. Little Frog Mountain stands 1,017 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Starr Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Polk County, Tennessee, United States of America; geonames ID = 4613156.
Wikidata Q31666477, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 768 m
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 10 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 12 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 12 mi
- Whig Cove · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Hiwassee Ocoee State Park: 2.9 mi
- Lost Corral Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Quinn Springs Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Towee Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Starr Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Gee Knob: 2.1 mi
- Locust Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Fox Knob: 2.2 mi
- Pond Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 3.0 mi
- Company A: 5.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 5.2 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 5.1 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 5.2 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 16.7 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 16.7 mi
- Garden Tomb: 16.8 mi
- Lowry Falls: 2.9 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 8.1 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 8.3 mi
- Benton Falls: 9.4 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
- White Cliff: 7.5 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Ward Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Eads Bluff: 21.1 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 5.1 mi
- Swift Museum: 10.5 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 13.9 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 14.2 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 22.1 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 4.9 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Parksville Beach: 12.7 mi
- Shady Beach: 14.7 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 16.0 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 16.2 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 20.3 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Frog Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,017 m | 11.9 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SSE 157° | 1,016 m | 11.8 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SSE 148° | 946 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | SW 218° | 921 m | 5.3 mi |
| Lowry Top | SSW 211° | 818 m | 3.8 mi |
| Brock Mountain | SSE 166° | 758 m | 10.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 46° | 721 m | 5.8 mi |
| Buck Bald | ESE 109° | 710 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
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 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356883406
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