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Fork Mountain

Fork Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fork Mountain rises to 674 m in Tennessee. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Huckaby Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in Campbell County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31670791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
674 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.34462, -84.24660

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
Historic sites: 22
  • Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 9.7 mi
  • Fort Anderson: 10.0 mi
  • Ghosts of Convict Miners: 10.0 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 10.0 mi
  • Militia Hill: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
Museums: 11
  • Campbell County Historical: 7.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 10.0 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 13.3 mi
  • Norris Museum: 14.2 mi
  • Museum of Appalachia: 15.0 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Train Cars: 10.5 mi
  • Winona General Store: 11.3 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 12.1 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 15.5 mi
  • Aspire: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Debord Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Angel Falls: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.6 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 20.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Diocese Arch: 24.2 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainS 175°1,075 m10.2 mi
The Flag PoleS 175°1,075 m10.2 mi
Redoak MountainS 182°1,027 m11.2 mi
Hurricane MountainSSW 199°1,007 m4.7 mi
Hatmaker KnobSSW 205°976 m4.5 mi
Ash Log MountainSSW 210°975 m6.0 mi
Grissel KnobSSW 201°973 m3.9 mi
Huckaby KnobWSW 256°953 m1.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:49
June solstice06:2020:2020:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566471747468574638
Precip in5.15.45.55.84.34.95.44.34.13.44.05.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356774545

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