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Day Mountain

Day Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Day Mountain rises to 501 m in Tennessee. Hurricane Mountain stands 1,007 m to the east-southeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Straight Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31668703, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
501 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.34730, -84.40438

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 45
  • Flat Creek Park: 7.5 mi
  • Highschool Park: 8.4 mi
  • Robbins park: 10.1 mi
  • Robbins Park: 10.1 mi
  • Asbury Park: 11.0 mi
Historic sites: 20
  • Why Miners Fought: 16.0 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 16.0 mi
  • Militia Hill: 16.0 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 16.0 mi
  • Coal Creek War: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • McCoy Rocks: 9.8 mi
  • Jakes Hole Overlook: 15.2 mi
  • Sheep Rock: 15.2 mi
  • Needles Eye: 16.4 mi
  • Devil's Slot: 16.5 mi
Museums: 11
  • Museum of Scott County: 8.2 mi
  • Campbell County Historical: 16.0 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 16.4 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 20.7 mi
  • Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Train Cars: 2.0 mi
  • Winona General Store: 3.0 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 13.7 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 19.5 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 22.2 mi
Natural arches: 7
  • Diocese Arch: 16.0 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 20.5 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 23.2 mi
  • Amphitheater Arch: 23.5 mi
  • Etta's Arch: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Emory Gap Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Debord Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Angel Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Big Spring Falls: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.5 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Day Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hurricane MountainESE 123°1,007 m8.6 mi
Hatmaker KnobESE 121°976 m8.1 mi
Ash Log MountainSE 133°975 m7.9 mi
Grissel KnobESE 117°973 m8.3 mi
High PointSSW 191°966 m10.1 mi
Huckaby KnobE 94°953 m7.4 mi
Massengale MountainSE 125°936 m6.6 mi
Pine BaldESE 108°935 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845556371757367564538
Precip in5.15.15.75.24.94.85.64.54.03.33.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356797971

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