Pond Mountain
Pond Mountain rises to 437 m in Tennessee. Little Frog Mountain stands 1,017 m to the south-southeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Bend Recreation Area, a picnic site 1.1 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Polk County, Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31683920, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 437 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 23.8 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 25.9 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 10 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Towee Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Hankins Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Big Rock Island: 2.7 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 3.1 mi
- McCulley Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Towee Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Hiwassee State Scenic River: 2.5 mi
- Powerhouse Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
- Lost Creek Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Lowry Falls: 3.9 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 5.2 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 5.6 mi
- Benton Falls: 9.0 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 5.0 mi
- Company A: 8.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 8.2 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 8.1 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 8.2 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 13.8 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 13.8 mi
- Garden Tomb: 13.8 mi
- White Cliff: 8.5 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Ward Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Panther Bluff: 22.9 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 8.1 mi
- Swift Museum: 13.5 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 14.1 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 17.2 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 23.4 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 1.8 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Parksville Beach: 12.2 mi
- Shady Beach: 14.1 mi
- Shady Beach: 14.1 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 19.2 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 19.3 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 23.4 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Pond Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Frog Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,017 m | 8.9 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SSE 163° | 1,016 m | 8.8 mi |
| Peels Top | E 81° | 990 m | 11.9 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SSE 150° | 946 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | WSW 252° | 921 m | 5.5 mi |
| Peels High Top | E 83° | 907 m | 11.0 mi |
| Panther Knob | S 169° | 895 m | 10.2 mi |
| Peavine Mountain | SSW 193° | 864 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:19 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1639492 — Pond Mountain, Polk County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356885756
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