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France Mountain

France Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

France Mountain rises to 570 m in Tennessee. Big Hill stands 617 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Brushy Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31671015, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
570 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.24367, -85.24330

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 53
  • Whitaker Park: 7.0 mi
  • Meadow Creek Park: 9.3 mi
  • Livingston City Ballpark: 10.6 mi
  • Fantasy Park: 12.0 mi
  • Hidden Hollow Park: 12.1 mi
Cliffs: 21
Museums: 11
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 6.8 mi
  • Overton County Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 15.7 mi
  • Depot Museum: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 13.1 mi
  • City Lake Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Wash Morgan Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 17.5 mi
Attractions: 7
  • East Point Marina: 15.8 mi
  • East Fork Stables: 17.2 mi
  • good landing beach: 19.2 mi
  • launch site for kayak: 20.5 mi
  • Sunset Marina: 20.5 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Standing Stone State Park: 10.7 mi
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 15.1 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of France Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillSSE 152°617 m15.0 mi
Hampton MountainS 179°616 m4.4 mi
Tyler MountainS 176°597 m3.1 mi
Blaylock MountainWSW 238°593 m6.6 mi
Green Pond MountainSE 124°592 m5.0 mi
Verble KnobsS 169°587 m8.5 mi
Copeland MountainS 180°585 m2.8 mi
Harris MountainNW 304°582 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:4915:5116:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in5.75.86.05.85.45.55.64.54.83.84.76.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356803675

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