Gum Spring Mountain
Gum Spring Mountain rises to 505 m in Tennessee. Dugger Hill stands 617 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is High Knob, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31672869, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 505 m
How to reach it
- 28.0 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- High Knob: 0.0 mi
- Miller Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Walker Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Doyle Hill: 4.7 mi
- Story Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Pearson Park: 5.2 mi
- Rockhouse State Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Rock Island State Rustic Park: 9.3 mi
- Burgess Falls State Park: 9.4 mi
- Johnson Chapel Recreation Area: 9.4 mi
- Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 7.9 mi
- Twin Falls: 9.0 mi
- Middle Falls: 9.4 mi
- Little Falls: 9.4 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 9.5 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 12.3 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 12.4 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 17.1 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 17.3 mi
- Depot Museum: 17.3 mi
- Sunset Rock: 8.9 mi
- Virgin Falls Trailhead: 15.1 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 19.0 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 20.0 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 20.3 mi
- Harris Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Medley Arch: 15.6 mi
- Copper Cliff: 17.5 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 18.5 mi
- Gin Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- George's Hole: 20.6 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 16.3 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 18.5 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 17.7 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 18.2 mi
- Pinhook: 8.6 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 18.3 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 21.7 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Gum Spring Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dugger Hill | ESE 107° | 617 m | 19.7 mi |
| Big Level | ESE 104° | 617 m | 20.3 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | E 98° | 610 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bruce Knob | E 93° | 592 m | 20.3 mi |
| Little Chestnut Mountain | ESE 109° | 587 m | 11.7 mi |
| Salzer Mountain | SE 133° | 586 m | 17.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | SE 136° | 581 m | 19.1 mi |
| Bradbury Knob | E 90° | 580 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:53 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta Wastewater Plant, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356807320
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