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Porters Mountain

Porters Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Porters Mountain rises to 190 m in Tennessee. Wicker Mountain stands 223 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Shady Pines Park, a park 2.3 miles away. Great River Road passes 51 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31684055, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
190 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.08259, -88.97339

58 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 26
Parks: 19
  • Shady Pines Park: 2.3 mi
  • Shady Pines: 2.3 mi
  • Cherokee Landing Park: 4.4 mi
  • Cherokee Landing Park: 4.5 mi
  • Middleton City Park: 5.0 mi
Museums: 3
  • National Bird Dog Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Field Trial Hall of Fame: 12.6 mi
  • Tippah County Historical Museum: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Cherokee Landing Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Cherokee Landing Beach: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Simón Bolívar: 12.0 mi
  • Big Hill Pond Fortifications: 13.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Middleton Tiger Mascot Statue: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Brewers Spring Well: 24.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Porters Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wicker MountainS 176°223 m20.4 mi
Crum MountainSE 138°221 m20.5 mi
Lindsey MountainS 180°214 m20.4 mi
Hamer HillSW 224°214 m21.6 mi
Harper HillSW 224°213 m21.6 mi
Crow MountainSE 141°212 m22.7 mi
Silver Springs HillSSE 152°204 m24.3 mi
Gordon HillWSW 258°203 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:4319:3620:14
September equinox06:4518:2118:54
December solstice07:0116:0916:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394251606876797872604941
Precip in4.34.95.95.65.34.74.43.53.94.04.35.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bolivar WTR WKS, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1298279 — Porters Mountain, Hardeman County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356828085

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