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Penile Hill

Penile Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Penile Hill rises to 351 m in Tennessee. Clouse Hill stands 634 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.

The story

Penile Hill is a summit in Franklin County, Tennessee, in the United States. With an elevation of 1,152 feet (351 m), Penile Hill is the 1,207th highest summit in the state of Tennessee.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q22073685, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
351 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.24869, -86.03665

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 56
  • City of Decherd Babe Ruth Ball Park: 3.0 mi
  • Hank Weddington Park: 3.6 mi
  • Franklin County Park: 4.6 mi
  • Estill Springs Park: 4.7 mi
  • Comunity Walking Trail: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 30
Waterfalls: 16
  • Falls Branch Falls 15: 12.0 mi
  • Jumpoff Falls 90: 13.2 mi
  • Hanes Hole Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Black Canyon Falls: 15.9 mi
Springs: 11
  • Short Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Cave Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Natural Spring House: 17.1 mi
  • Wildcat Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Holly Spring: 18.6 mi
Nature reserves: 10
  • Cowan Marsh Public Hunting Area: 5.8 mi
  • Tims Ford Nature Center: 12.5 mi
  • May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 13.9 mi
  • Short Springs Natural Area: 14.1 mi
  • May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 14.2 mi
Museums: 7
  • Cowan Railroad Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Sam H. Werner Military Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Hands-On Science Center: 11.9 mi
  • Tullahoma History Museum: 12.2 mi
  • Beechcraft Heritage Museum: 14.5 mi
Historic sites: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Dinah Shore Murals: 6.1 mi
  • University of Tennessee Mural: 6.1 mi
  • Tims Ford Lake Mural: 6.1 mi
  • Franklin County Mural: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 9.9 mi
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
Gardens: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Sewanee Natural Bridge: 9.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Penile Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clouse HillENE 77°634 m14.0 mi
West RamseyE 83°627 m15.2 mi
Scott HillENE 78°623 m19.7 mi
East RamseyE 83°616 m15.8 mi
Big ButteNNE 27°612 m14.4 mi
Stoner MountainNE 40°604 m22.4 mi
Farmer Camp HillENE 73°601 m17.9 mi
Pull Tight HillNE 52°598 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:56
June solstice05:3119:2520:03
September equinox06:3318:0918:43
December solstice06:5015:5716:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404351596774787771604942
Precip in4.85.45.85.14.85.24.73.94.33.44.75.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winchester 5SE, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356826438

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