Jones Mountain
Jones Mountain rises to 524 m in Tennessee. Hampton Mountain stands 616 m to the east, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Algood Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31676123, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 524 m
How to reach it
- 15.1 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Algood Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Willet Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Lee Knob: 3.3 mi
- Verble Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Fantasy Park: 2.5 mi
- Walter L Bilbrey Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
- Hidden Hollow Park: 2.7 mi
- Algood Park: 2.8 mi
- Putnam County Sports Complex: 4.5 mi
- City Lake Falls: 4.2 mi
- Upper Waterloo Falls: 8.7 mi
- Waterloo Falls: 8.8 mi
- Cummins Falls: 10.1 mi
- Savannah Falls: 10.7 mi
- Rocky Bar: 9.8 mi
- Dave Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Hardscrabble Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Pendleton Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 13.3 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 5.7 mi
- Cookeville Childrens Museum: 5.8 mi
- Depot Museum: 5.9 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 6.2 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 8.2 mi
- Sunset Rock: 17.8 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 23.5 mi
- East Point Marina: 24.2 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 5.4 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 14.5 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 5.5 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 5.8 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 6.7 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Jones Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Mountain | E 92° | 616 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tyler Mountain | E 84° | 597 m | 9.4 mi |
| Blaylock Mountain | E 81° | 593 m | 3.5 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | E 85° | 592 m | 13.3 mi |
| Verble Knobs | ESE 112° | 587 m | 11.5 mi |
| Copeland Mountain | E 82° | 585 m | 9.2 mi |
| Harris Mountain | NE 54° | 582 m | 9.0 mi |
| Gunter Mountain | E 90° | 580 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 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 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cookeville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1310941 — Jones Mountain, Putnam County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356851139
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