Ross Mountain
Ross Mountain rises to 715 m in Tennessee. Bunker Hill stands 703 m to the east, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Stocker Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31686220, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 715 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Umbrella Rock · 27 mi
- Ropers Rock · 27 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #4 - Western Overlook & Wauhatchie · 27 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #2 - Parrott Gun Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stocker Hill: 2.5 mi
- Fults Hill: 3.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.8 mi
- Cane Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Scott Hill: 6.6 mi
- Gruetli-Laager Recreation Park: 2.6 mi
- South Cumberland Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
- Savage Gulf State Natural Area: 7.4 mi
- Appalachian Conservation Institute: 8.9 mi
- Grundy Lakes Game Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Suter Falls: 4.1 mi
- Horsepound Falls: 5.4 mi
- Ranger Falls: 6.3 mi
- Savage Falls: 6.6 mi
- Greeter Falls: 8.3 mi
- Palisades: 13.4 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Wild Boar Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 16.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Judge M.M. Allison: 14.7 mi
- Mining Ruins: 20.1 mi
- Moonshine Still: 20.3 mi
- Rebel's Rest: 21.2 mi
- Memorial Cross: 22.4 mi
- Savage Gulf State Park: 6.6 mi
- North Chick Corridor: 16.9 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 17.0 mi
- Battle Creek Public Hunting Area: 21.8 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Williams Unit: 23.7 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 6.6 mi
- Pryor Cave Spring: 17.8 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 20.2 mi
- Cave Spring: 23.6 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 23.9 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 8.2 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 16.9 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 16.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.5 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 10.9 mi
- Sam H. Werner Military Museum: 17.8 mi
- Lodge Museum of Cast Iron: 24.3 mi
- Foster Falls Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 20.8 mi
- Sewanee Natural Bridge: 23.1 mi
- rain garden: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Ross Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | E 84° | 703 m | 4.8 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | NE 40° | 694 m | 9.7 mi |
| Buck Knob | ENE 76° | 693 m | 17.3 mi |
| Price Mountain | NE 36° | 689 m | 8.6 mi |
| Flat Mountain | ENE 57° | 684 m | 8.4 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | NNE 24° | 670 m | 13.5 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | NE 39° | 664 m | 11.3 mi |
| Stocker Hill | W 266° | 654 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:55 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coalmont, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356831041
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 26 mi
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