Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 628 m in Tennessee. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the south-southwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Brock Mountain, a peak 2.5 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Polk County, Tennessee, United States of America; geonames ID = 4613157.
Wikidata Q31666493, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 628 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 17.5 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 26.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 7 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Cohutta Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thunder Rock Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Lost Creek Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
- Parksville Lake Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Hiwassee State Scenic River: 4.8 mi
- Mac Point Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Brock Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Hooper Mountain: 4.5 mi
- White Oak Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Sassafras Knob: 4.8 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 3.2 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
- Benton Falls: 5.7 mi
- Lowry Falls: 7.6 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 9.3 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 11.5 mi
- Rolling Thunder River Company: 11.9 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 14.1 mi
- Fields of the Wood: 14.2 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 8.9 mi
- Nancy Ward Tomb: 10.7 mi
- Company A: 14.4 mi
- World War I Memorial: 14.4 mi
- Panther Bluff: 15.7 mi
- White Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 16.2 mi
- White Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 22.6 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 14.4 mi
- Swift Museum: 19.7 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 20.8 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 21.3 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 23.1 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 6.2 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 19.7 mi
- Parksville Beach: 7.4 mi
- Shady Beach: 8.7 mi
- Poop Island: 22.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 24.0 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 24.1 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 19.7 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 21.3 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | SSW 191° | 1,276 m | 8.1 mi |
| Chimneytop | S 190° | 1,137 m | 7.0 mi |
| Hemp Top | S 186° | 1,089 m | 10.0 mi |
| Little Frog Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,017 m | 4.8 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | ESE 108° | 1,016 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mule Top | S 182° | 948 m | 12.7 mi |
| Smith Mountain | E 91° | 946 m | 6.0 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | NNW 329° | 921 m | 6.2 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 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:51 | 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, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1327893 — Chestnut Mountain, Polk County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356884374
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