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Fork Mountain

Fork Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fork Mountain rises to 787 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the southeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Justice Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31670826, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
787 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.19619, -84.51411

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 27
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 11
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 8.0 mi
  • Train Cars: 10.3 mi
  • Winona General Store: 13.0 mi
  • Aspire: 22.9 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 23.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Debord Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Angel Falls: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 19.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big FodderstackSE 138°1,013 m8.2 mi
Stallion MountainSE 130°1,007 m5.2 mi
Squire KnobSE 135°1,002 m4.5 mi
Frozen HeadSSE 148°1,001 m6.0 mi
Burge MountainE 100°993 m6.4 mi
Walnut KnobESE 114°988 m4.2 mi
Bald KnobSE 133°985 m3.9 mi
Guinea Hill KnobESE 119°977 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1619:50
June solstice06:2220:2120:59
September equinox07:2719:0319:37
December solstice07:4616:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471747367574639
Precip in4.84.65.05.94.75.15.73.44.33.33.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancing 6 NW, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356803201

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