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Poor Mountain

Poor Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Poor Mountain rises to 701 m in Tennessee. Hurricane Mountain stands 1,007 m to the south-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Roach Creek Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 0.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31683971, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
701 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.38008, -84.32882

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
Historic sites: 20
  • Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 14.4 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 14.5 mi
  • Why Miners Fought: 14.5 mi
  • Militia Hill: 14.5 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 19
Museums: 9
  • Museum of Scott County: 11.4 mi
  • Campbell County Historical: 11.6 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 14.6 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 18.4 mi
  • Norris Museum: 19.2 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Winona General Store: 6.5 mi
  • Train Cars: 6.8 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 16.2 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 17.1 mi
  • Aspire: 22.9 mi
Natural arches: 6
  • Diocese Arch: 19.1 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 20.3 mi
  • Hole In Rock Arch: 23.0 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 24.5 mi
  • Coal Branch Natural Arch: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Emory Gap Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Debord Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Angel Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Big Spring Falls: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.0 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 20.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Poor Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hurricane MountainSSE 156°1,007 m7.6 mi
Hatmaker KnobSSE 157°976 m7.0 mi
Ash Log MountainSSE 169°975 m7.8 mi
Grissel KnobSSE 152°973 m6.8 mi
Huckaby KnobSE 132°953 m4.2 mi
Massengale MountainS 169°936 m6.2 mi
Pine BaldSE 145°935 m5.8 mi
Miller MountainSSE 165°923 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:49
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845556371757367564538
Precip in5.15.15.75.24.94.85.64.54.03.33.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356827897

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