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Little Cumberland Mountain

Little Cumberland Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Cumberland Mountain rises to 697 m in Tennessee. Hurricane Mountain stands 1,007 m to the south-southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31677484, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
697 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.38452, -84.24299

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 41
Historic sites: 20
  • Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
  • Fort Anderson: 12.5 mi
  • Ghosts of Convict Miners: 12.5 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 12.5 mi
  • Militia Hill: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
Museums: 9
  • Campbell County Historical: 6.8 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 12.3 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Museum of Scott County: 16.1 mi
  • Norris Museum: 16.2 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Train Cars: 11.3 mi
  • Winona General Store: 11.3 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 14.0 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 18.0 mi
  • Aspire: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Debord Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Angel Falls: 23.9 mi
Natural arches: 3
  • Split Bow Arch: 22.9 mi
  • Diocese Arch: 23.7 mi
  • Hole In Rock Arch: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 16.0 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Little Cumberland Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hurricane MountainSSW 193°1,007 m7.5 mi
Hatmaker KnobSSW 197°976 m7.1 mi
Ash Log MountainSSW 202°975 m8.6 mi
Grissel KnobSSW 194°973 m6.5 mi
Huckaby KnobSSW 208°953 m3.5 mi
Massengale MountainSSW 209°936 m7.3 mi
Pine BaldSSW 196°935 m5.3 mi
Miller MountainSSW 198°923 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:49
June solstice06:2020:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556572757468574639
Precip in4.65.05.25.14.85.05.83.83.62.83.85.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356816848

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