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Mailbox Hill

Mailbox Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Mailbox Hill rises to 270 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Falling Water Falls 110, a waterfall 1.6 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31679358, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
270 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.19257, -85.25524

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Briar Park: 3.4 mi
  • Hixson Ball Fields: 3.5 mi
  • Veterans Park: 3.6 mi
  • Vandergriff Park: 3.6 mi
  • The Pumpkin Patch: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Hamilton Memorial Gardens: 4.1 mi
  • Mining Ruins: 4.4 mi
  • Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 7.1 mi
  • Site #2 - Ore Car Path: 7.2 mi
  • Site #10 - Jeffery Home Site: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 36
Waterfalls: 35
  • Falling Water Falls 110: 1.6 mi
  • Clear Branch Falls 40: 2.8 mi
  • Power Line Falls 140: 2.9 mi
  • Hogskin Branch: 3.9 mi
  • Mystery Falls 8: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 30
Artworks: 14
Nature reserves: 11
Gardens: 10
Springs: 6
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 7.5 mi
  • Obar Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Straight Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Pryor Cave Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Grove: 9.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 15.9 mi
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 11.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Mailbox Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainWNW 300°715 m21.9 mi
Bunker HillNW 309°703 m18.2 mi
Lockhart HillNW 326°694 m22.3 mi
Buck KnobN 352°693 m15.3 mi
Price MountainNW 322°689 m22.6 mi
Flat MountainNW 323°684 m19.5 mi
Buck KnobN 357°625 m11.6 mi
Suck Creek MountainW 266°624.84 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2019:53
June solstice06:2820:2220:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:39
December solstice07:4616:5417:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596673777669594941
Precip in6.35.05.85.84.85.34.94.65.03.75.06.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Soddy Daisy-mowbray MTN, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356818262

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