Nichols Mountain
Nichols Mountain rises to 623 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Grape Knob, a peak 1.9 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31681478, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 623 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Grape Knob: 1.9 mi
- Vance Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Pink Knob: 3.6 mi
- Hitchcox Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Wolfpen Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 7.8 mi
- Coke Ovens Park: 8.3 mi
- Harris Park: 8.6 mi
- Sequatchie County Veterans Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
- John Griswold Recreation Park: 10.9 mi
- Savage Falls: 10.7 mi
- Canes Creek Cascades;Cane Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Rockhouse Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
- Cane Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
- Coon Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
- Mining Ruins: 18.1 mi
- Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 18.3 mi
- Site #10 - Jeffery Home Site: 18.3 mi
- Site #6 - Mule Barn: 18.3 mi
- Site #2 - Ore Car Path: 18.3 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 2.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 8.5 mi
- Medley Arch: 15.8 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Copper Cliff: 21.1 mi
- M113: 10.0 mi
- UH-1: 10.0 mi
- Jeep: 10.0 mi
- George's Hole: 11.5 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 11.8 mi
- Savage Gulf State Park: 15.3 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 17.0 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 18.4 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 19.2 mi
- North Chick Corridor: 19.4 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 8.3 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 17.8 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 18.0 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 20.5 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 21.8 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- George's Hole: 11.4 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 11.8 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 13.8 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Nichols Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | SW 230° | 715 m | 15.7 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SW 217° | 703 m | 12.1 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | WSW 245° | 694 m | 6.4 mi |
| Price Mountain | WSW 245° | 689 m | 7.7 mi |
| Flat Mountain | SW 221° | 684 m | 7.5 mi |
| Potato Knob | ENE 59° | 679 m | 19.2 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | WNW 288° | 670 m | 6.8 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | WSW 254° | 664 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:54 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fall Creek Falls SP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1295732 — Nichols Mountain, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356824033
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