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Potato Hill

Potato Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Potato Hill rises to 510 m in Tennessee. Big Hill stands 617 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Bar, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in Overton County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31684193, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
510 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.21340, -85.22330

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
  • Whitaker Park: 5.3 mi
  • Meadow Creek Park: 7.0 mi
  • South Fentress Comunity Park: 11.8 mi
  • Hidden Hollow Park: 12.1 mi
  • Fantasy Park: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 11
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Overton County Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 16.1 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Depot Museum: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • City Lake Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Wash Morgan Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 19.1 mi
Attractions: 6
  • East Fork Stables: 17.3 mi
  • East Point Marina: 17.3 mi
  • good landing beach: 21.0 mi
  • Sunset Rock: 21.6 mi
  • Sunset Marina: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Standing Stone State Park: 13.0 mi
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 15.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 24.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Potato Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillSSE 151°617 m12.6 mi
Hampton MountainSSW 205°616 m2.5 mi
Tyler MountainSW 222°597 m1.3 mi
Blaylock MountainWSW 258°593 m6.9 mi
Green Pond MountainESE 103°592 m3.1 mi
Verble KnobsS 176°587 m6.3 mi
Copeland MountainWSW 237°585 m1.3 mi
Harris MountainNW 319°582 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:2918:0618:39
December solstice06:4915:5116:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in5.75.86.05.85.45.55.64.54.83.84.76.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356828129

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