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Evans Mountain

Evans Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Evans Mountain rises to 296 m in Tennessee. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Burgess Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31670111, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
296 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.14895, -86.00693

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 47
Cliffs: 15
Museums: 8
  • The Eads Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Smith County Heritage Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Granville Museum: 14.5 mi
  • Wilson County Veterans Museum: 16.1 mi
  • Lebanon Museum and History Center: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Burgess Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Middle Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Little Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Falling Water Cascades: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 11.0 mi
  • Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 11.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring Shelter: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 18.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Evans Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short MountainS 175°635 m19.6 mi
Mason MountainS 172°533 m19.4 mi
Little Short MountainSSE 167°522 m21.0 mi
Sugartree KnobS 180°446 m19.5 mi
Mount DefianceWSW 239°398 m10.1 mi
Fisher KnobSSW 212°383 m13.0 mi
Turney KnobSSW 213°379 m13.3 mi
Round Top KnobSSW 198°364 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2218:56
June solstice05:2819:2720:05
September equinox06:3318:0918:43
December solstice06:5215:5416:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674787771604941
Precip in4.54.95.04.44.75.05.03.73.43.43.54.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356801032

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