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Roach Creek Mountain

Roach Creek Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Roach Creek Mountain rises to 777 m in Tennessee. Hurricane Mountain stands 1,007 m to the south-southeast, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Poor Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 0.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31685842, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
777 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.36786, -84.34104

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
Historic sites: 21
  • Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 14.3 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 14.3 mi
  • Why Miners Fought: 14.3 mi
  • Militia Hill: 14.3 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
Museums: 10
  • Museum of Scott County: 10.9 mi
  • Campbell County Historical: 12.3 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 14.5 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 18.4 mi
  • Norris Museum: 19.2 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Train Cars: 5.8 mi
  • Winona General Store: 5.9 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 15.3 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 17.2 mi
  • Aspire: 22.6 mi
Natural arches: 6
  • Diocese Arch: 18.7 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 20.7 mi
  • Hole In Rock Arch: 23.8 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 24.5 mi
  • Amphitheater Arch: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Emory Gap Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Debord Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Angel Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Big Spring Falls: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Roach Creek Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hurricane MountainSSE 148°1,007 m7.2 mi
Hatmaker KnobSSE 149°976 m6.6 mi
Ash Log MountainSSE 162°975 m7.1 mi
Grissel KnobSE 143°973 m6.5 mi
Huckaby KnobESE 117°953 m4.3 mi
Massengale MountainSSE 160°936 m5.6 mi
Pine BaldSE 134°935 m5.6 mi
Miller MountainSSE 159°923 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:49
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845556371757367564538
Precip in5.15.15.75.24.94.85.64.54.03.33.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356830075

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