Melton Hill
Melton Hill rises to 411 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area, a park 2.0 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31680226, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 411 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 27.3 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
- Hickory Creek Park: 3.3 mi
- Academy Park: 3.5 mi
- Hardin Valley Park: 3.7 mi
- Rutain Park: 4.1 mi
- Fanny Knob: 5.0 mi
- Rainy Knob: 5.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Pine Top: 6.5 mi
- High Point: 7.7 mi
- K-25 (Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant): 5.3 mi
- K-29: 5.4 mi
- K-731: 5.4 mi
- K-27: 5.5 mi
- K-31: 5.8 mi
- K-25 History Center: 5.1 mi
- The Oak Ridge History Museum: 7.5 mi
- American Museum of Science and Energy: 7.7 mi
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 8.1 mi
- Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 8.5 mi
- Stubbs Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Bull Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Mizell Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Poplar Spring: 6.6 mi
- Herron Spring: 7.8 mi
- Hardin Spring: 7.9 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 7.9 mi
- Massengil Spring: 8.3 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 17.1 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 20.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 20.4 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 20.7 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 20.7 mi
- Caboose: 11.6 mi
- Aspire: 16.1 mi
- Abandoned Train: 17.1 mi
- Greenback Castle: 21.4 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 21.6 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 23.5 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 24.0 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 24.1 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 24.7 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 24.8 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 21.3 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 21.4 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 21.5 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 22.8 mi
- Wheat: 4.3 mi
- Fork Mountain: 16.3 mi
- Montgomery: 22.3 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 9.0 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 14.0 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 16.6 mi
- Debord Falls: 18.6 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Melton Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Fodderstack | NNW 336° | 1,013 m | 15.0 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | N 359° | 1,008 m | 17.4 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | NNW 335° | 1,007 m | 18.2 mi |
| Squire Knob | NNW 333° | 1,002 m | 18.7 mi |
| Frozen Head | NNW 330° | 1,001 m | 17.0 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | N 7° | 993 m | 16.6 mi |
| American Knob | NNW 342° | 984 m | 13.5 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | N 351° | 984 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
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 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Atdd, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356819911
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