Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 603 m in Tennessee. Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome stands 921 m to the southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Locust Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 9.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Polk County, Tennessee, United States of America; geonames ID = 4613154.
Wikidata Q31666443, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 603 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 13.2 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 26.3 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 12 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Whig Cove · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- L&N Depot Park: 4.1 mi
- Firefighter Park: 4.2 mi
- Rotary Park: 4.2 mi
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Lost Corral Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Locust Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Fox Knob: 2.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Starr Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Gee Knob: 3.5 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 4.1 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 4.2 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 16.9 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 16.9 mi
- Garden Tomb: 17.0 mi
- Company A: 4.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 4.2 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 4.4 mi
- M60 Tank: 9.5 mi
- Lowry Falls: 4.5 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 8.4 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 9.3 mi
- Benton Falls: 11.0 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 4.1 mi
- Swift Museum: 9.5 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 12.5 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 13.2 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 23.3 mi
- White Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Ward Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Eads Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 5.8 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Parksville Beach: 14.3 mi
- Shady Beach: 16.3 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 15.6 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 15.7 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 19.4 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | SW 216° | 921 m | 6.9 mi |
| Lowry Top | SSW 211° | 818 m | 5.4 mi |
| Brock Mountain | S 172° | 758 m | 11.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 52° | 721 m | 4.3 mi |
| Buck Bald | ESE 117° | 710 m | 10.4 mi |
| Presswood Mountain | SSW 210° | 700 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cataska Mountain | E 87° | 676 m | 7.7 mi |
| Borin Top | E 87° | 675 m | 7.7 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356884381
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