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Old Mac Mountain

Old Mac Mountain, a peak in Tennessee
Old Mac Mountain, a peak in TennesseeChris M Morris · CC BY 2.0

Old Mac Mountain rises to 955 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the east-southeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Frozen Head State Environmental Education Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31681778, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
955 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.12897, -84.45994

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 27
Cliffs: 13
Museums: 11
Springs: 8
  • Massengil Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Rose Spring: 22.0 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 4.5 mi
  • Train Cars: 14.1 mi
  • Winona General Store: 17.1 mi
  • Aspire: 18.9 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Emory Gap Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Debord Falls: 1.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Old Mac Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big FodderstackESE 121°1,013 m2.9 mi
Buffalo MountainENE 75°1,008 m8.7 mi
Stallion MountainNE 36°1,007 m1.7 mi
Squire KnobN 7°1,002 m1.5 mi
Frozen HeadSSE 168°1,001 m0.5 mi
Burge MountainNE 44°993 m4.8 mi
Walnut KnobNNE 15°988 m3.1 mi
Bald KnobN 355°985 m1.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2220:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0319:36
December solstice07:4616:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606876797872614942
Precip in5.15.65.15.24.14.65.53.53.83.14.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356774880

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