Dykes Mountain
Dykes Mountain rises to 571 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Mountain, a peak 3.0 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31669612, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 571 m
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Brown Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Stepp Knob: 3.5 mi
- Nunley Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Martins Point: 6.4 mi
- Savage Gulf State Natural Area: 4.5 mi
- South Cumberland Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Gruetli-Laager Recreation Park: 9.5 mi
- Pepperbranch park: 13.0 mi
- Riverfront Park: 13.5 mi
- Greeter Falls: 6.1 mi
- Ranger Falls: 6.5 mi
- Horsepound Falls: 6.6 mi
- Savage Falls: 7.6 mi
- Suter Falls: 7.9 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Wild Boar Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Pine Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Smoot Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 17.4 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 10.5 mi
- UH-1: 18.0 mi
- Jeep: 18.0 mi
- M113: 18.0 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 19.8 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 17.0 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 19.1 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 19.2 mi
- Sam H. Werner Military Museum: 23.4 mi
- Savage Gulf State Park: 5.5 mi
- Hickory Flat Woods WMA: 20.9 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 21.1 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 17.0 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 22.1 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 22.2 mi
- George's Hole: 20.0 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Foster Falls Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 5.4 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 10.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Dykes Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | SSE 163° | 715 m | 11.9 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SE 143° | 703 m | 13.7 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | ESE 112° | 694 m | 10.5 mi |
| Price Mountain | ESE 117° | 689 m | 9.7 mi |
| Flat Mountain | ESE 123° | 684 m | 12.6 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | E 84° | 670 m | 9.1 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | ESE 104° | 664 m | 10.9 mi |
| Stocker Hill | S 175° | 654 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:55 | 16:34 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coalmont, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356799364
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