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Jones Mountain

Jones Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.18562, -85.40636

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 56
  • 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
Waterfalls: 16
  • 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
Cliffs: 14
Museums: 8
  • 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
Attractions: 4
  • Sunset Rock: 17.8 mi
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 23.5 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 23.9 mi
  • East Point Marina: 24.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 5.4 mi
  • Standing Stone State Park: 14.5 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 6.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 22.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Jones Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hampton MountainE 92°616 m9.2 mi
Tyler MountainE 84°597 m9.4 mi
Blaylock MountainE 81°593 m3.5 mi
Green Pond MountainE 85°592 m13.3 mi
Verble KnobsESE 112°587 m11.5 mi
Copeland MountainE 82°585 m9.2 mi
Harris MountainNE 54°582 m9.0 mi
Gunter MountainE 90°580 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:2018:54
June solstice05:2519:2520:03
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:5015:5116:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576573777670584841
Precip in5.35.55.55.45.25.55.73.94.53.34.36.1

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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