Iron Mountain
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
- 1.2 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Galloway Knob: 3.5 mi
- Lyons Knob: 3.7 mi
- Potato Knob: 6.1 mi
- The Temple: 9.4 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Red Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Briar Point: 6.2 mi
- Lookout Point: 7.6 mi
- Owen's Overlook: 7.8 mi
- Sheep Rock: 7.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Old Jail: 8.7 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 8.7 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 15.6 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 16.0 mi
- Museum of Scott County: 16.7 mi
- Angel Falls: 14.2 mi
- Debord Falls: 23.6 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 23.7 mi
- Rugby's Hidden History: 6.7 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 15.2 mi
- Keyes-Harrison Wildlife Management Area: 25.0 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 6.8 mi
- Montgomery: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landrom Mountain | ESE 123° | 884 m | 17.6 mi |
| Young Mountain | ESE 118° | 872 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pleas McCartt Mountain | SE 125° | 849 m | 17.7 mi |
| Knolling Knob | ESE 119° | 834 m | 17.1 mi |
| Griffith Mountain | ESE 116° | 806 m | 16.7 mi |
| Peaky Mountain | ESE 124° | 780 m | 14.8 mi |
| Freels Mountain | ESE 119° | 774 m | 15.0 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | SE 135° | 764 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:23 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allardt, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356812666
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