Hankins Mountain
Hankins Mountain rises to 469 m in Tennessee. Cantrell Top stands 1,100 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Towee Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31673136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 469 m
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 12 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Whig Cove · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Towee Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Powerhouse Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Hiwassee State Scenic River: 4.8 mi
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Lost Creek Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Towee Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pond Mountain: 2.4 mi
- McCulley Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Locust Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Big Rock Island: 3.5 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 4.7 mi
- Lowry Falls: 5.8 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 6.9 mi
- Benton Falls: 11.4 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 7.6 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 7.7 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 13.3 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 13.3 mi
- Garden Tomb: 13.3 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 6.5 mi
- Company A: 7.6 mi
- World War I Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 7.7 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 11.6 mi
- White Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Ward Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 22.1 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 7.6 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 11.7 mi
- Swift Museum: 12.8 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 16.6 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 3.3 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Parksville Beach: 14.6 mi
- Shady Beach: 16.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 19.2 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 19.3 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Hankins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantrell Top | E 82° | 1,100 m | 11.5 mi |
| Little Frog Mountain | S 175° | 1,017 m | 10.2 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | S 175° | 1,016 m | 10.2 mi |
| Peels Top | E 88° | 990 m | 10.0 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SSE 165° | 946 m | 9.1 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | WSW 244° | 921 m | 7.7 mi |
| Peels High Top | E 92° | 907 m | 9.2 mi |
| Panther Knob | S 179° | 895 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:19 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
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 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1328382 — Hankins Mountain, Polk County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356885001
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