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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.85925, -83.87157

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • 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
Cliffs: 26
Historic sites: 25
Waterfalls: 19
  • 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
Gardens: 10
Artworks: 8
Springs: 6
  • 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
Picnic sites: 6
  • 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
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green TopESE 106°921 m12.0 mi
Bluff MountainESE 110°899 m11.2 mi
Little DoubleESE 114°851 m10.8 mi
Bench MountainESE 113°805 m11.4 mi
Bearwallow MountainSE 128°720 m9.9 mi
Pleasant ViewSE 127°712 m9.8 mi
Blue Rock MountainSE 124°679 m10.7 mi
Yellow KnobESE 119°657 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1419:48
June solstice06:2020:1820:56
September equinox07:2419:0019:34
December solstice07:4316:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149576674777671594840
Precip in5.25.15.35.24.54.05.83.44.13.14.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356829307

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