Hinch Mountain
Hinch Mountain rises to 931 m in Tennessee. Dorton Knob stands 910 m to the north, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hinch Mountain Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31674263, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 931 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dorton Knob: 1.2 mi
- Bear Den Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Blalock Knob: 2.8 mi
- Brady Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Brown Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Cumberland Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Natures Park: 8.8 mi
- Holloway Park: 9.1 mi
- Spring City Park: 9.5 mi
- Cumberland Mountain Retreat: 9.8 mi
- Keaton Falls: 2.1 mi
- Stinging Fork Falls 60: 5.1 mi
- Pine Branch Falls: 6.8 mi
- Deep Pool Cascades 8: 6.9 mi
- White Pine Cascades 28: 7.0 mi
- Brady Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Indian Head Point Overlook: 5.0 mi
- Spider Den Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Negro Jumpoff: 10.9 mi
- Dickey Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 0.8 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 1.3 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 2.4 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 3.4 mi
- Soak Creek State Scenic River: 4.8 mi
- Dripping Spring: 4.8 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 7.8 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 9.7 mi
- Moulton Spring: 10.2 mi
- Holloway Spring: 16.9 mi
- Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 9.0 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 11.8 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 11.8 mi
- Jane Manley Museum: 16.5 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 19.9 mi
- Roadside Table: 8.3 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 9.0 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 22.2 mi
- George's Hole: 22.2 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 1.8 mi
- George's Hole: 22.2 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 22.5 mi
- Sunset Rock: 24.8 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Troop 45: 12.8 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 19.9 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 19.9 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Sam: 8.2 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 10.2 mi
- Cute: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Hinch Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorton Knob | N 353° | 910 m | 1.2 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | NE 36° | 893 m | 1.5 mi |
| Brady Mountain | N 8° | 893 m | 3.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 38° | 862 m | 7.6 mi |
| Luper Mountain | NE 42° | 833 m | 16.0 mi |
| Big Rock Mountain | NE 37° | 824 m | 11.4 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | NE 41° | 811 m | 13.8 mi |
| Ellis Mountain | NE 40° | 796 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:22 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 15:51 | 16:31 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spring City, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1287863 — Hinch Mountain, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356811206
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