Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 403 m in Tennessee. Green Top stands 921 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31685336, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 403 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 22.2 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 27.1 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 24 mi
- Norris Dam Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Johnson Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Goddard Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Cedar Cliffs: 1.0 mi
- Buzzard Hill: 1.7 mi
- Peach Orchard Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Gary Underwood Park: 3.9 mi
- Bower Field Community Park: 4.5 mi
- Rockford Community Park: 4.5 mi
- Charter E. Doyle Park: 4.5 mi
- Blount County Access Area: 4.9 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 7.9 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 8.0 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 8.1 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 9.1 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 14.5 mi
- McClung Museum: 7.1 mi
- Blount Mansion: 7.4 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 7.5 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 7.7 mi
- Knoxville Museum of Art: 7.7 mi
- Knoxville Historic Train: 7.3 mi
- Terra: 7.5 mi
- James White Fort: 7.5 mi
- 79th New York Infantry Momument: 7.7 mi
- Miller's Building Arch: 7.8 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 6.8 mi
- Wright Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Keller Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 4.4 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 16.2 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 16.9 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 17.0 mi
- Meigs Falls: 17.2 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 6.9 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 6.9 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 7.0 mi
- Grow Lab: 7.4 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 7.0 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 7.2 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 7.9 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 9.5 mi
- Veterans Statue: 17.1 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 5.1 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 5.6 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 6.7 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 11.3 mi
- Strong rock spring: 14.2 mi
- Herron Spring: 16.7 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 20.7 mi
- Hardin Spring: 20.8 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 16.0 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Elkmont: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Top | ESE 106° | 921 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | ESE 110° | 899 m | 11.2 mi |
| Little Double | ESE 114° | 851 m | 10.8 mi |
| Bench Mountain | ESE 113° | 805 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | SE 128° | 720 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pleasant View | SE 127° | 712 m | 9.8 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | SE 124° | 679 m | 10.7 mi |
| Yellow Knob | ESE 119° | 657 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356829307
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