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Mount Peter

Mount Peter, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Peter rises to 209 m in Tennessee. Sand Mountain stands 224 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Clover Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31682700, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
209 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.28786, -88.53421

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Adamsville War Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
  • US HQ Oglesby / Hare: 14.2 mi
  • Battery of canons: 14.2 mi
  • US HQ McDowell: 14.2 mi
  • Battery of canons: 14.3 mi
Parks: 31
Peaks: 18
Museums: 10
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 3
  • Rock Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Crump Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Brewers Spring Well: 15.3 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Shiloh National Military Park: 14.2 mi
  • Caboose: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Medicine Wheel: 16.3 mi
  • C.A.R.E. Honor Garden: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Peter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand MountainNNE 19°224 m12.1 mi
Sand MountainSE 127°211 m21.8 mi
Turkey KnobSE 135°204 m24.3 mi
Sand HillESE 119°196 m18.5 mi
Bald KnobENE 61°194 m4.9 mi
Rose HillWNW 290°193 m11.0 mi
Little Pine KnobNNE 25°193 m23.7 mi
Laurel HillW 281°191 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4119:3520:13
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0016:0716:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606977807973615042
Precip in4.75.35.75.65.44.85.23.84.44.14.45.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Selmer, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1294733 — Mount Peter, McNairy County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356821998

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