Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 407 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,321 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Harlan Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1299074).
Wikidata Q31685349, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 407 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 16.2 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 25.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 14 mi
- Whig Cove · 15 mi
- Haw Knob · 15 mi
- Sunset Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ballplay Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Notchy Creek Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
- Toqua Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Harlan Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Peaked Top: 1.2 mi
- Lynn Carden Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Birchfield Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Turkeypen Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Baby Falls: 9.5 mi
- Bald River Falls: 9.6 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 11.6 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 13.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 14.5 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 8.6 mi
- Chota Monument: 8.8 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 9.8 mi
- McGhee: 10.8 mi
- Greenback Castle: 12.0 mi
- The Lost Sea: 12.6 mi
- Tree of Shame: 17.5 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 18.2 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 19.0 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 12.8 mi
- White Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Morton Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 7.3 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 8.5 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 14.5 mi
- Swift Museum: 19.0 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 19.0 mi
- Poplar Spring: 20.3 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 23.9 mi
- Hardin Spring: 24.4 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 24.4 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 22.0 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 22.2 mi
- Calderwood: 13.9 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 14.6 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Fodderstack | ESE 105° | 1,321 m | 11.8 mi |
| Brush Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,218 m | 11.8 mi |
| Hemlock Knob | SE 133° | 1,211 m | 9.8 mi |
| Ikes Peak | ESE 117° | 1,155 m | 11.1 mi |
| Turkey Creek Mountain | SE 139° | 1,063 m | 8.9 mi |
| Flats Mountain | SE 124° | 1,013 m | 9.0 mi |
| Salt Spring Mountain | E 87° | 953 m | 10.0 mi |
| Gravelstand Top | S 172° | 924 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:49 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356829304
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