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Negro Mountain

Negro Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Negro Mountain rises to 577 m in Tennessee. Big Hill stands 617 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Pond Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Overton County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31681366, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
577 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.21368, -85.18191

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 45
  • Whitaker Park: 6.6 mi
  • Meadow Creek Park: 6.7 mi
  • South Fentress Comunity Park: 9.5 mi
  • Livingston City Ballpark: 14.0 mi
  • Hidden Hollow Park: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 10
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 6.7 mi
  • Overton County Museum: 14.2 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 18.3 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 18.4 mi
  • Depot Museum: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • City Lake Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Wash Morgan Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 21.3 mi
Attractions: 6
  • East Fork Stables: 15.4 mi
  • East Point Marina: 16.7 mi
  • good landing beach: 20.7 mi
  • Sunset Marina: 22.1 mi
  • launch site for kayak: 22.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Standing Stone State Park: 14.1 mi
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 22.7 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 19.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Negro Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillSSE 161°617 m11.7 mi
Hampton MountainSW 236°616 m4.1 mi
Tyler MountainWSW 253°597 m3.3 mi
Lavender KnobSE 138°594 m17.3 mi
Blaylock MountainW 261°593 m9.2 mi
Green Pond MountainSE 136°592 m1.0 mi
Verble KnobsSSW 196°587 m6.6 mi
Copeland MountainWSW 258°585 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2419:2420:02
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4915:5016:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in5.75.86.05.85.45.55.64.54.83.84.76.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1295348 — Negro Mountain, Overton County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356823107

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