Hitchcox Mountain
Hitchcox Mountain rises to 647 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pink Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31674279, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 647 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pink Knob: 1.0 mi
- Wright Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Smartt Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Dumpling Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Vance Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Fall Creek Falls State Park: 7.7 mi
- South Cumberland Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
- Bledsoe County Ball Park: 12.3 mi
- Pikeville City Park: 12.3 mi
- Canes Creek Cascades;Cane Creek Falls: 7.8 mi
- Cane Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Rockhouse Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Coon Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 17.2 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 22.6 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 22.6 mi
- Mining Ruins: 22.6 mi
- Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 22.7 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 7.3 mi
- Medley Arch: 11.7 mi
- Raven Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Copper Cliff: 17.7 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Savage Gulf State Park: 15.5 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 20.1 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 20.3 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 20.4 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 21.5 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 12.4 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 13.3 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 13.5 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 22.6 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 24.9 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- George's Hole: 7.9 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 14.0 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 15.5 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Hitchcox Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | SW 216° | 715 m | 17.7 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SSW 202° | 703 m | 15.0 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | SSW 210° | 694 m | 8.0 mi |
| Price Mountain | SW 215° | 689 m | 9.1 mi |
| Flat Mountain | SSW 198° | 684 m | 10.4 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | WSW 247° | 670 m | 5.2 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | SSW 210° | 664 m | 6.5 mi |
| Wright Mountain | NNE 29° | 649 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:54 | 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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fall Creek Falls SP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1287909 — Hitchcox Mountain, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356811247
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