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Chestnut Mountain

Chestnut Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Chestnut Mountain rises to 873 m in Tennessee. Mount Cammerer stands 1,502 m to the southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Dan Top, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 5.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4563577

Wikidata Q31666405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
873 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.84371, -83.05376

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 39
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 11
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 9.4 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 12.8 mi
  • Shelton Laurel Massacre: 18.5 mi
  • Dolly Parton childhood home: 19.0 mi
  • Declaration of Independence: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Cold Springs Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Cosby Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Murray Branch Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
  • Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 13.0 mi
Springs: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 5.5 mi
  • Forbidden Caverns: 16.9 mi
  • French Broad Rafting: 18.5 mi
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 19.2 mi
  • Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 3
Museums: 3
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 22.8 mi
  • Shook Museum: 22.9 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 24.6 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Chief Junaluska: 22.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CammererSW 227°1,502.05 m8.2 mi
Bluff MountainE 91°1,430 m8.2 mi
Max Patch MountainESE 121°1,407 m6.3 mi
Tennessee BluffE 91°1,406 m7.7 mi
Laurel MountainESE 113°1,311 m4.3 mi
Rich MountainESE 106°1,311 m6.1 mi
Snowbird MountainS 179°1,295 m3.7 mi
Round MountainE 86°1,290 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1019:44
June solstice06:1720:1520:52
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3916:4317:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586672767569594942
Precip in4.23.94.74.44.66.46.54.64.02.73.44.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356794251

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