Frozen Head
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Frozen Head rises to 1,001 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the east-southeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Mac Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Frozen Head is a mountain in Morgan County, Tennessee. It is the second highest peak in the Crab Orchard Mountains, at 3,278 feet (999 m). Frozen Head is located in Frozen Head State Park and Natural Area.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q5506295, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1001 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Mac Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Little Fork Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Fork Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Indian Knob: 1.4 mi
- Squire Knob: 1.9 mi
- Frozen Head State Environmental Education Area: 0.5 mi
- Solomon Park and Civic Center: 6.7 mi
- RC Park: 7.6 mi
- Arrow Head Park: 8.4 mi
- Oakdale City Park: 10.8 mi
- Marlow Elementary School Cafeteria: 12.8 mi
- K-33: 13.0 mi
- K-31: 13.3 mi
- International Friendship Bell: 13.3 mi
- K-25 (Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant): 13.4 mi
- Image Wall: 13.8 mi
- Bull Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Stowe Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Stubbs Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 8.3 mi
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 12.5 mi
- The Oak Ridge History Museum: 13.2 mi
- K-25 History Center: 13.7 mi
- American Museum of Science and Energy: 13.8 mi
- Massengil Spring: 9.1 mi
- Delozier Spring: 16.6 mi
- Poplar Spring: 17.3 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 20.8 mi
- Rose Spring: 21.6 mi
- Abandoned Train: 4.6 mi
- Train Cars: 14.5 mi
- Winona General Store: 17.5 mi
- Aspire: 18.8 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 21.8 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 14.4 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 19.7 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 24.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Montgomery: 8.7 mi
- Wheat: 13.7 mi
- Debord Falls: 1.6 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 1.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Frozen Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Fodderstack | ESE 114° | 1,013 m | 2.6 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,008 m | 8.7 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,007 m | 2.0 mi |
| Squire Knob | N 3° | 1,002 m | 1.9 mi |
| Burge Mountain | NE 39° | 993 m | 5.1 mi |
| Walnut Knob | NNE 12° | 988 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | N 354° | 985 m | 2.4 mi |
| American Knob | ESE 113° | 984 m | 4.8 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 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356804278
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