Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 595 m in Tennessee. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Benton Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Polk County, Tennessee, United States of America; geonames ID = 4613155.
Wikidata Q31666461, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 595 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 15.6 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 2 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Cohutta Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rock Creek Scenic Area: 0.8 mi
- Clemmer Campsite: 0.9 mi
- Chilhowee Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Parksville Lake Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Mac Point Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Hooper Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Presswood Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome: 3.9 mi
- Sand Mountain: 4.0 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Nancy Ward Tomb: 5.8 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 7.0 mi
- Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 12.0 mi
- Company A: 13.1 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 13.1 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 13.1 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 15.9 mi
- Rolling Thunder River Company: 16.3 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 18.8 mi
- Benton Falls: 0.8 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 0.9 mi
- Lowry Falls: 6.3 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 7.2 mi
- Jacks River Falls 80: 11.6 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Panther Bluff: 16.3 mi
- White Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Eads Bluff: 21.0 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 13.1 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 16.5 mi
- Swift Museum: 17.8 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 20.8 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 22.5 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 8.4 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 19.8 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Parksville Beach: 3.7 mi
- Shady Beach: 5.7 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 20.7 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 20.9 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 16.7 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 20.6 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 23.0 mi
- Face: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,276 m | 10.1 mi |
| Chimneytop | SSE 158° | 1,137 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hemp Top | SSE 163° | 1,089 m | 12.1 mi |
| Buckeye Mountain | S 180° | 1,074 m | 14.5 mi |
| Little Frog Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,017 m | 9.7 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | ESE 109° | 1,016 m | 9.7 mi |
| Smith Mountain | E 99° | 946 m | 10.8 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | NNE 21° | 921 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:52 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Fltr PLT, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356884378
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