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McGee Mountain

McGee Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

McGee Mountain rises to 544 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the east, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 17 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31680115, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
544 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.40677, -82.82016

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
  • Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 4.7 mi
  • Baileyton Community Park: 5.2 mi
  • Thomas Amis Historic Park: 7.5 mi
  • Laurel Run Park: 9.9 mi
  • Mount Carmel Park: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 16
  • Swift Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Doak House Museum: 16.3 mi
  • David Crockett Museum: 16.5 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 17.0 mi
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 3.9 mi
  • Rod Armstrong Building: 10.3 mi
  • Hale Springs Inn: 10.4 mi
  • Kyle House: 10.4 mi
  • Joseph Rogers Building: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Pete's Branch Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Squibb Creek Falls: 24.5 mi
  • Hell Hollow Falls: 24.6 mi
  • Margarette Falls: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 4.8 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 4.9 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 2
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of McGee Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ChimneytopE 89°945 m6.3 mi
Chimneytop MountainE 89°926 m6.3 mi
Fodderstack MountainESE 115°839 m3.8 mi
Stone MountainSE 138°789 m2.6 mi
Stony LumpS 172°766 m3.0 mi
Devils NoseWNW 288°727 m10.9 mi
Holston River MountainNE 55°707 m12.3 mi
Brokenback MountainSW 219°675 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0919:43
June solstice06:1420:1520:53
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:4016:4017:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in4.64.24.54.54.14.44.93.23.32.73.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogersville 1 NE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1293052 — McGee Mountain, Hawkins County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356819134

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