Fortescue Hill
Fortescue Hill rises to 121 m in Tennessee. Pontotoc Hill stands 144 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Meux Hill, a peak 3.5 miles away. Great River Road passes 19 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31670879, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 121 m
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
56 named places within 25 miles
- I.P Yancey Park: 11.2 mi
- Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge: 11.7 mi
- Whiteville City Park: 13.8 mi
- College Hill Historic District: 14.4 mi
- Bomer City Park: 15.0 mi
- Meux Hill: 3.5 mi
- Richmond Hill: 6.4 mi
- Jeter Hill: 7.3 mi
- The Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Pontotoc Hill: 10.3 mi
- Sleepy John Estes Museum: 12.1 mi
- Tina Turner Museum: 12.1 mi
- Billy Tripp's Mindfield: 14.5 mi
- Memphis Visitors Center: 18.6 mi
- West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center: 12.0 mi
- Tipton County Museum: 18.9 mi
- Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center: 21.5 mi
- Haywood County Confederate Statue: 14.6 mi
- Simón Bolívar: 24.4 mi
- Arlington Community Garden: 17.3 mi
- Pleasant Run Creek Community Garden: 22.3 mi
- Tina Turner: 14.7 mi
- Oak Dain Wetland Public Hunting Area: 17.0 mi
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fortescue Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontotoc Hill | SSE 148° | 144 m | 10.3 mi |
| The Mountain | S 179° | 126 m | 9.4 mi |
| Richmond Hill | ENE 62° | 122 m | 6.4 mi |
| Millstone Mountain | NW 312° | 121 m | 23.3 mi |
| Meux Hill | NNW 334° | 119 m | 3.5 mi |
| Jeter Hill | ENE 78° | 116 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brownsville, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356803324
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