Locust Mountain
Locust Mountain rises to 620 m in Tennessee. Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome stands 921 m to the southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31678577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 620 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 12.5 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 26.8 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 28.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 12 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Whig Cove · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- L&N Depot Park: 4.2 mi
- Firefighter Park: 4.3 mi
- Rotary Park: 4.3 mi
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Lost Corral Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Fox Knob: 2.8 mi
- Hankins Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Starr Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 4.2 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 4.3 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 16.6 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 16.6 mi
- Garden Tomb: 16.7 mi
- Company A: 4.2 mi
- World War I Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 4.3 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 5.0 mi
- M60 Tank: 9.6 mi
- Lowry Falls: 5.0 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 8.1 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 9.4 mi
- Benton Falls: 11.5 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 12.1 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 4.2 mi
- Swift Museum: 9.5 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 11.9 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 13.3 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 23.9 mi
- White Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Ward Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 5.9 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Parksville Beach: 14.8 mi
- Shady Beach: 16.9 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 15.8 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 15.9 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 19.4 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Locust Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | SW 218° | 921 m | 7.4 mi |
| Lowry Top | SW 214° | 818 m | 6.0 mi |
| Brock Mountain | S 175° | 758 m | 11.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 50° | 721 m | 3.7 mi |
| Buck Bald | ESE 120° | 710 m | 10.0 mi |
| Presswood Mountain | SSW 213° | 700 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cataska Mountain | E 89° | 676 m | 7.2 mi |
| Borin Top | E 89° | 675 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1328761 — Locust Mountain, Polk County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356885383
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