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Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Iron Mountain rises to 484 m in Tennessee. Landrom Mountain stands 884 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Colditz Cove State Natural Area, a park 3.1 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31675315, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
484 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.34091, -84.81967

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 45
Parks: 24
  • Colditz Cove State Natural Area: 3.1 mi
  • Allardt Park: 4.4 mi
  • Mark Twain City Park: 8.7 mi
  • Summers Park: 10.6 mi
  • Needles Eye: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 14
  • East Fork Stables: 8.3 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 14.4 mi
  • Rock Hole: 14.5 mi
  • Twin Arch South: 14.6 mi
  • Twin Arches: 14.6 mi
Natural arches: 6
  • Diocese Arch: 11.6 mi
  • Buffalo Arch: 18.5 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 20.4 mi
  • Etta's Arch: 20.9 mi
  • Amphitheater Arch: 21.1 mi
Museums: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Angel Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Debord Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 23.7 mi
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 6.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Landrom MountainESE 123°884 m17.6 mi
Young MountainESE 118°872 m16.5 mi
Pleas McCartt MountainSE 125°849 m17.7 mi
Knolling KnobESE 119°834 m17.1 mi
Griffith MountainESE 116°806 m16.7 mi
Peaky MountainESE 124°780 m14.8 mi
Freels MountainESE 119°774 m15.0 mi
Pilot MountainSE 135°764 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1719:51
June solstice06:2320:2321:01
September equinox07:2819:0419:38
December solstice07:4816:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566370747367574639
Precip in4.95.05.75.45.25.65.74.74.03.24.75.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allardt, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356812666

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