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Potato Hill Mountain

Potato Hill Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Potato Hill Mountain rises to 557 m in Tennessee. Big Hill stands 617 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Rock Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31684259, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
557 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.17867, -85.30858

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 45
  • Whitaker Park: 3.6 mi
  • Hidden Hollow Park: 6.9 mi
  • Fantasy Park: 7.9 mi
  • Meadow Creek Park: 8.0 mi
  • Walter L Bilbrey Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
Waterfalls: 16
  • City Lake Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cummins Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 15.5 mi
Museums: 9
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 11.1 mi
  • Depot Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Soard Properties Museum: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Sunset Rock: 17.7 mi
  • East Point Marina: 21.5 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 22.5 mi
  • East Fork Stables: 22.6 mi
  • good landing beach: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 10.8 mi
  • Standing Stone State Park: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 11.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Potato Hill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillSE 129°617 m13.9 mi
Hampton MountainE 88°616 m3.7 mi
Tyler MountainENE 70°597 m4.1 mi
Blaylock MountainWNW 297°593 m2.2 mi
Green Pond MountainENE 78°592 m7.9 mi
Verble KnobsSE 127°587 m6.5 mi
Copeland MountainENE 65°585 m4.0 mi
Harris MountainNNE 17°582 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:4915:5116:31

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1310979 — Potato Hill Mountain, Putnam County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356851141

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