Mailbox Hill
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
- 11.7 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 12.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Umbrella Rock · 13 mi
- Ropers Rock · 13 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #4 - Western Overlook & Wauhatchie · 14 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #2 - Parrott Gun Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- The Hellican: 3.8 mi
- Buck Knob: 4.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.0 mi
- The Horseshoe: 5.8 mi
- Oliver Hill: 6.3 mi
- 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
- The Suck: 9.1 mi
- Central of Georgia 349: 10.2 mi
- Orchard Knob Reservation: 10.6 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 12.5 mi
- Ruby Falls: 12.9 mi
- 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
- Cumberland Escarpment: 3.1 mi
- Grays Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Harrison Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Wilder Point: 7.1 mi
- Gann Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Woodland Tiger: 9.3 mi
- In Town Gallery: 9.5 mi
- Shakespeare: 9.5 mi
- The Rhino: 9.6 mi
- Ruth Holmberg Memorial: 10.2 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Williams Unit: 1.9 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit: 3.5 mi
- North Chick Corridor: 5.0 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 5.6 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 5.8 mi
- rain garden: 5.6 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 10.3 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 10.4 mi
- Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 13.7 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 14.1 mi
- 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 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
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 5.9 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 6.8 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 7.1 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 7.5 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 14.7 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 17.4 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.6 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | WNW 300° | 715 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NW 309° | 703 m | 18.2 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | NW 326° | 694 m | 22.3 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 352° | 693 m | 15.3 mi |
| Price Mountain | NW 322° | 689 m | 22.6 mi |
| Flat Mountain | NW 323° | 684 m | 19.5 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 357° | 625 m | 11.6 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | W 266° | 624.84 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:22 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:54 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 6.8 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356818262
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 11 mi
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