Riley Mountain
Riley Mountain rises to 397 m in Tennessee. Wright Mountain stands 541 m to the south-southeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Honey Spring Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31685781, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 397 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Honey Spring Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Frogg Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Arion Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Lynch Pinnacle: 2.0 mi
- Golman Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Stephens Point: 3.1 mi
- Horseshoe Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Car Hauler Bridge: 5.2 mi
- Round Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Long Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Sergeant Alvin York Mill State Historic Area: 2.7 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park: 3.0 mi
- Obey River Recreation Area: 9.4 mi
- Cordell Hull: 10.1 mi
- Mark Twain City Park: 10.1 mi
- Sunset Marina: 8.9 mi
- launch site for kayak: 9.0 mi
- good landing beach: 9.0 mi
- East Point Marina: 10.1 mi
- Wolf River Marina: 11.5 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 2.8 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 10.1 mi
- Old Jail: 10.1 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 11.6 mi
- Wayne County Historical Museum: 20.4 mi
- Buffalo Arch: 13.7 mi
- Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 17.9 mi
- Etta's Arch: 19.0 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 19.1 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 19.4 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 20.3 mi
- Rugby's Hidden History: 21.6 mi
- Handcock Falls: 15.6 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 18.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 20.2 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 11.9 mi
- Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Visitor And Environmental Education Center: 22.8 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 21.6 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Riley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Mountain | SSE 163° | 541 m | 4.5 mi |
| King Mountain | SSW 211° | 541 m | 12.7 mi |
| Golman Mountain | NNW 330° | 536 m | 2.0 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | S 182° | 535 m | 6.3 mi |
| Campbell Mountain | SSE 164° | 533 m | 7.9 mi |
| Sewell Mountain | NNW 333° | 532 m | 12.2 mi |
| Cherry Gap Mountain | NE 37° | 530 m | 10.4 mi |
| Bald Rock | NNE 12° | 527 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:18 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:24 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 16:48 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Monticello).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Byrdstown, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356883421
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