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King Mountain

King Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

King Mountain rises to 541 m in Tennessee. Green Pond Mountain stands 592 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cat Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31676494, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
541 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.40396, -85.12107

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 40
  • Tar Gap Overlook: 6.3 mi
  • Swift Ford Overlook: 6.9 mi
  • Tom's Gap: 6.9 mi
  • Big Piney Overlook: 7.3 mi
  • Bruno's Paradise: 7.8 mi
Parks: 30
Attractions: 14
  • East Point Marina: 3.2 mi
  • good landing beach: 7.7 mi
  • Sunset Marina: 9.1 mi
  • East Fork Stables: 9.2 mi
  • launch site for kayak: 9.2 mi
Museums: 7
  • Old Jail: 10.6 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 10.6 mi
  • Overton County Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Alvin C York Home: 13.1 mi
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Wash Morgan Falls: 23.3 mi
Historic sites: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Standing Stone State Park: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 23.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Buffalo Arch: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of King Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green Pond MountainS 191°592 m14.1 mi
Harris MountainSW 221°582 m13.1 mi
Negro MountainSSW 194°577 m13.6 mi
Alpine MountainWSW 246°574 m6.8 mi
Round TopSSW 207°572 m14.0 mi
France MountainSSW 212°570 m13.0 mi
Cub MountainSSW 193°567 m8.3 mi
Gullet MountainWSW 249°566 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2419:2420:02
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4915:4916:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353846556471747467564638
Precip in5.04.95.55.55.35.55.34.64.03.24.16.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamestown, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1290229 — King Mountain, Overton County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356814566

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