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Riley Mountain

Riley Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.56257, -85.00439

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 50
Parks: 21
Attractions: 17
  • 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
Museums: 6
Natural arches: 6
  • 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
Historic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Handcock Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Town Creek Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Angel Falls: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Standing Stone State Park: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 22.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Riley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wright MountainSSE 163°541 m4.5 mi
Golman MountainNNW 330°536 m2.0 mi
Buzzards RoostS 182°535 m6.3 mi
Campbell MountainSSE 164°533 m7.9 mi
Sewell MountainNNW 333°532 m12.2 mi
Cherry Gap MountainNE 37°530 m10.4 mi
Bald RockNNE 12°527 m4.0 mi
Double Top MountainSW 231°527 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1819:52
June solstice06:2320:2421:02
September equinox07:2919:0519:39
December solstice07:4916:4817:29

Local time (America/Kentucky/Monticello).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364048576572767469584740
Precip in4.55.05.05.24.94.75.34.13.63.33.75.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Byrdstown, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356883421

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