Cross Mountain
Cross Mountain rises to 1,075 m in Tennessee. The Flag Pole stands 1,075 m to the north, less than a tenth of a mile off. Norris Freeway passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Cross Mountain is a mountain in the Cumberland Mountains in the U.S. state of Tennessee. At an elevation of 3,534 feet (1,077 m), it is the highest mountain in Tennessee that is not part of the Blue Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains. It contains rich deposits of coal, and in 1911 was the site of one of the deadliest mining disasters in state history.
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Wikidata Q31668209, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1075 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 7.0 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Flag Pole: 0.0 mi
- Redoak Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Vowell Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Sun Butte: 2.5 mi
- Militia Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pine Hill Community Park: 3.7 mi
- Norris Dam State Park: 7.3 mi
- Cove Lake State: 7.7 mi
- River Bluff Small Wild Area: 8.0 mi
- Asbury Park: 8.1 mi
- Why Miners Fought: 3.5 mi
- Convict Lease System: 3.6 mi
- Coal Creek War: 3.6 mi
- Village of Brothers: 3.6 mi
- Itinerant Miners' Cemetery: 3.6 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 4.4 mi
- Green McAdoo Cultural Center: 8.3 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 8.8 mi
- Norris Museum: 9.0 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 9.1 mi
- River Ridge: 6.6 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Bull Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Stubbs Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 19.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 22.3 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 23.3 mi
- Grow Lab: 23.6 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 24.0 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 8.2 mi
- Abandoned Train: 9.1 mi
- Aspire: 9.4 mi
- Train Cars: 14.6 mi
- Winona General Store: 17.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Loyston: 16.3 mi
- Wheat: 19.7 mi
- Montgomery: 22.2 mi
- Massengil Spring: 16.8 mi
- Herron Spring: 21.6 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 24.0 mi
- Poplar Spring: 24.6 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 15.4 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 16.2 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 16.6 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 23.9 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 24.1 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 24.1 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 13.9 mi
- Debord Falls: 14.4 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Cross Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flag Pole | N 0° | 1,075 m | 0.0 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | SW 229° | 1,027 m | 1.6 mi |
| Big Fodderstack | WSW 239° | 1,013 m | 12.1 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,008 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,007 m | 6.1 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,007 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | SSW 213° | 993 m | 4.1 mi |
| Burge Mountain | W 262° | 993 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356844590
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