Fork Mountain
Fork Mountain rises to 944 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the south, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is The Garden Spot, a peak 1.3 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31670773, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 944 m
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 15.6 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Garden Spot: 1.3 mi
- Stallion Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Guinea Hill Knob: 1.5 mi
- Squire Knob: 2.1 mi
- Walnut Knob: 2.1 mi
- Frozen Head State Environmental Education Area: 3.0 mi
- RC Park: 6.7 mi
- Arrow Head Park: 8.5 mi
- Solomon Park and Civic Center: 9.3 mi
- Lasalle Park: 11.9 mi
- Marlow Elementary School Cafeteria: 11.6 mi
- International Friendship Bell: 12.9 mi
- K-33: 14.5 mi
- Village of Brothers: 14.6 mi
- Itinerant Miners' Cemetery: 14.6 mi
- Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 8.4 mi
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 12.0 mi
- The Oak Ridge History Museum: 12.8 mi
- American Museum of Science and Energy: 13.2 mi
- K-25 History Center: 15.1 mi
- Image Wall: 16.2 mi
- River Ridge: 17.1 mi
- Bull Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Stubbs Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Massengil Spring: 10.4 mi
- Poplar Spring: 18.9 mi
- Delozier Spring: 19.2 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 21.0 mi
- Herron Spring: 22.8 mi
- Abandoned Train: 2.0 mi
- Train Cars: 12.6 mi
- Winona General Store: 15.7 mi
- Aspire: 16.9 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 19.2 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 16.9 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 22.2 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 25.0 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 2.9 mi
- Debord Falls: 3.4 mi
- Montgomery: 11.1 mi
- Wheat: 14.9 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 20.3 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 21.4 mi
- Diocese Arch: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Fodderstack | S 176° | 1,013 m | 2.9 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | E 82° | 1,008 m | 6.2 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | W 268° | 1,007 m | 1.3 mi |
| Squire Knob | W 273° | 1,002 m | 2.1 mi |
| Frozen Head | SW 230° | 1,001 m | 2.8 mi |
| Burge Mountain | NNE 27° | 993 m | 2.3 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | E 90° | 993 m | 8.3 mi |
| Walnut Knob | NW 318° | 988 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:48 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1284622 — Fork Mountain, Anderson County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356803193
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