Horseshoe Mountain
Horseshoe Mountain rises to 633 m in Tennessee. Bunker Hill stands 703 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31674723, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 633 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knob: 1.5 mi
- Wright Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Dumpling Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Sheepnose Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Tucker Knob: 2.6 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 2.0 mi
- Fall Creek Falls State Park: 5.2 mi
- Bledsoe County Ball Park: 9.7 mi
- Pikeville City Park: 9.9 mi
- Veterans Park: 10.2 mi
- Canes Creek Cascades;Cane Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Rockhouse Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Cane Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Coon Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 18.5 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 20.9 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 21.0 mi
- Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 23.2 mi
- Site #10 - Jeffery Home Site: 23.2 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Medley Arch: 9.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 13.8 mi
- Copper Cliff: 15.2 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 18.0 mi
- Savage Gulf State Park: 18.3 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 18.3 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 18.3 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 22.8 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 12.4 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 12.6 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 14.2 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 20.9 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 23.8 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- George's Hole: 5.5 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 16.8 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 17.6 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Horseshoe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | SSW 207° | 703 m | 17.5 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | SW 216° | 694 m | 10.7 mi |
| Price Mountain | SW 219° | 689 m | 11.8 mi |
| Flat Mountain | SSW 205° | 684 m | 12.8 mi |
| Potato Knob | ENE 76° | 679 m | 16.4 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | WSW 241° | 670 m | 8.0 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | SW 217° | 664 m | 9.1 mi |
| Wright Mountain | WSW 248° | 649 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:53 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1288451 — Horseshoe Mountain, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356811894
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