Gunsight Mountain
Gunsight Mountain rises to 739 m in Tennessee. Hurricane Mountain stands 1,007 m to the south-southeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Silcox Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31672886, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 739 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 16.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Silcox Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Poor Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Roach Creek Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Braden Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Straight Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Flat Creek Park: 7.9 mi
- Highschool Park: 9.5 mi
- Asbury Park: 10.2 mi
- Cove Lake State: 10.4 mi
- Oneida City Park: 10.5 mi
- McCoy Rocks: 11.4 mi
- Jakes Hole Overlook: 16.0 mi
- Devil's Slot: 17.1 mi
- Needles Eye: 17.4 mi
- Sheep Rock: 17.8 mi
- Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 16.6 mi
- Convict Lease System: 16.7 mi
- Why Miners Fought: 16.7 mi
- Militia Hill: 16.7 mi
- American Chestnuts: 16.7 mi
- Winona General Store: 4.7 mi
- Train Cars: 5.9 mi
- Abandoned Train: 17.1 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 19.4 mi
- Tackett Homesite & Graves: 22.4 mi
- Museum of Scott County: 9.3 mi
- Campbell County Historical: 13.6 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 16.8 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 20.6 mi
- Norris Museum: 21.4 mi
- Diocese Arch: 16.9 mi
- Split Bow Arch: 18.3 mi
- Hole In Rock Arch: 21.7 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 22.2 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 22.5 mi
- Angel Falls: 17.3 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 18.4 mi
- Debord Falls: 18.9 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 20.6 mi
- Lick Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 4.2 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 5.7 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 23.6 mi
- Fork Mountain: 18.9 mi
- Montgomery: 24.0 mi
- Loyston: 24.8 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 18.8 mi
- Koger Spring: 25.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.5 mi
- Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 20.9 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Gunsight Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,007 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hatmaker Knob | SSE 148° | 976 m | 8.9 mi |
| Ash Log Mountain | SSE 158° | 975 m | 9.4 mi |
| Grissel Knob | SE 144° | 973 m | 8.8 mi |
| Huckaby Knob | SE 127° | 953 m | 6.5 mi |
| Massengale Mountain | SSE 156° | 936 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pine Bald | SE 138° | 935 m | 7.9 mi |
| Miller Mountain | SSE 156° | 923 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:46 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356807359
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