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Goulden Mountain

Goulden Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Goulden Mountain rises to 463 m in Tennessee. Potts Knob stands 617 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Mountain, a peak 3.2 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31671876, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
463 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.00090, -85.46414

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
  • Pearson Park: 5.3 mi
  • Rockhouse State Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • Burgess Falls State Park: 7.8 mi
  • Window Cliffs State Natural Area: 9.1 mi
  • Window Cliffs State Natural Area - Burgess Falls State Park: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Falling Water Cascades: 7.9 mi
  • Little Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Burgess Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 9.2 mi
Museums: 10
  • Soard Properties Museum: 11.4 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Depot Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 11.7 mi
  • Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 5
  • Sunset Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 14.4 mi
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 21.0 mi
  • Whale Face Rock: 23.8 mi
  • George's Hole: 24.4 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 10.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 22.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Goulden Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potts KnobESE 117°617 m18.3 mi
Dugger HillSE 128°617 m18.6 mi
Hampton MountainNE 45°616 m17.5 mi
Chestnut MountainSE 131°610 m12.0 mi
Tyler MountainNE 42°597 m18.6 mi
Blaylock MountainNNE 27°593 m14.9 mi
Bruce KnobESE 114°592 m17.5 mi
Chamberlain KnobESE 113°591 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:2018:54
June solstice05:2619:2520:03
September equinox06:3018:0718:40
December solstice06:4915:5216:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674777670594841
Precip in5.15.15.65.35.05.54.84.44.03.34.56.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta Wastewater Plant, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1285756 — Goulden Mountain, White County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356805743

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