Pontotoc Hill
Pontotoc Hill rises to 144 m in Tennessee. Gordon Hill stands 203 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is I.P Yancey Park, a park 4.4 miles away. Great River Road passes 28 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31683955, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 144 m
How to reach it
- 28.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
46 named places within 25 miles
- I.P Yancey Park: 4.4 mi
- Whiteville City Park: 7.7 mi
- Bolivar City Park: 15.8 mi
- Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge: 15.9 mi
- Bills-McNeal Historic District: 16.6 mi
- The Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Fortescue Hill: 10.3 mi
- Jeter Hill: 10.4 mi
- Richmond Hill: 11.7 mi
- Meux Hill: 13.8 mi
- Tina Turner Museum: 18.2 mi
- Sleepy John Estes Museum: 18.2 mi
- Memphis Visitors Center: 21.4 mi
- Billy Tripp's Mindfield: 21.7 mi
- National Bird Dog Museum: 16.6 mi
- Field Trial Hall of Fame: 16.7 mi
- West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center: 18.2 mi
- Pleasant Run Creek Community Garden: 15.0 mi
- Arlington Community Garden: 21.2 mi
- Simón Bolívar: 16.8 mi
- Haywood County Confederate Statue: 21.8 mi
- Cherokee Landing Beach: 22.8 mi
- East Talen Beach: 25.0 mi
- Tina Turner: 21.6 mi
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pontotoc Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Hill | SSE 168° | 203 m | 17.0 mi |
| Porters Mountain | SE 128° | 190 m | 22.2 mi |
| The Mountain | W 262° | 126 m | 5.3 mi |
| Richmond Hill | N 1° | 122 m | 11.7 mi |
| Fortescue Hill | NNW 328° | 121 m | 10.3 mi |
| Meux Hill | NNW 329° | 119 m | 13.8 mi |
| Jeter Hill | N 9° | 116 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 62 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ames Plantation, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356827882
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