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Gunsight Mountain

Gunsight Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.39619, -84.36493

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • 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
Cliffs: 20
  • 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
Historic sites: 20
  • 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
Attractions: 10
  • 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
Museums: 8
  • 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
Natural arches: 8
  • 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
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Koger Spring: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.5 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hurricane MountainSSE 148°1,007 m9.5 mi
Hatmaker KnobSSE 148°976 m8.9 mi
Ash Log MountainSSE 158°975 m9.4 mi
Grissel KnobSE 144°973 m8.8 mi
Huckaby KnobSE 127°953 m6.5 mi
Massengale MountainSSE 156°936 m7.9 mi
Pine BaldSE 138°935 m7.9 mi
Miller MountainSSE 156°923 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:49
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4617:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845556371757367564538
Precip in5.15.15.75.24.94.85.64.54.03.33.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356807359

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