Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 610 m in Tennessee. Dorton Knob stands 910 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Branch Falls, a waterfall 2.5 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in White County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31666510, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 610 m
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Welch Knob: 2.7 mi
- Little Chestnut Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 3.5 mi
- McCager Point: 3.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.5 mi
- Beecher Wallace Homestead: 2.6 mi
- Rockhouse State Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 6.2 mi
- Pearson Park: 8.6 mi
- Private Village Green - Residents Only: 10.0 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 2.5 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 3.0 mi
- Virgin Falls: 3.8 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 4.6 mi
- Piney Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 13.3 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 13.4 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 16.0 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 16.0 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 18.0 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 18.3 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 19.7 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 19.9 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 21.3 mi
- Copper Cliff: 7.0 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 11.0 mi
- Medley Arch: 12.1 mi
- Brady Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Rocky Bar: 23.0 mi
- Sunset Rock: 5.4 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 15.4 mi
- George's Hole: 15.8 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 17.7 mi
- George's Hole: 15.8 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Dripping Spring: 20.8 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 23.1 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 22.7 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 23.0 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 10.0 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 21.8 mi
- Pinhook: 22.0 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorton Knob | ESE 109° | 910 m | 19.0 mi |
| Dugger Hill | SE 124° | 617 m | 6.6 mi |
| Big Level | ESE 116° | 617 m | 7.0 mi |
| Potts Knob | E 94° | 617 m | 7.2 mi |
| Big Hill | NE 42° | 617 m | 15.5 mi |
| Bradden Knob | S 181° | 616 m | 15.0 mi |
| The Pounds | E 96° | 603 m | 7.8 mi |
| Nussom Knob | SSE 148° | 603 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:52 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta Wastewater Plant, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356773971
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