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Round Mountain

Round Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Round Mountain rises to 605 m in Tennessee. Adkins Mountain stands 918 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Chitwood Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 8.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in Scott County, Tennessee, United States of America; geonames ID = 4654613

Wikidata Q31686469, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
605 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.52814, -84.36438

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 37
  • Winfield City Park: 5.0 mi
  • Winfield City Park: 5.0 mi
  • Field at Oneida City Park: 7.8 mi
  • Oneida City Park: 7.8 mi
  • Flat Creek Park: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 34
  • Devils Jump: 13.8 mi
  • Cracks in the Rocks: 14.0 mi
  • Blue Heron: 14.0 mi
  • McCoy Rocks: 14.7 mi
  • Jakes Hole Overlook: 16.6 mi
Historic sites: 17
Natural arches: 16
  • Split Bow Arch: 11.2 mi
  • Hole In Rock Arch: 12.6 mi
  • Coal Branch Natural Arch: 15.2 mi
  • Koger Arch: 16.0 mi
  • Diocese Arch: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Winona General Store: 11.5 mi
  • Train Cars: 14.1 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 20.3 mi
  • Twin Arch South: 20.6 mi
  • Twin Arches: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Big Spring Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Lick Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Angel Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Yahoo Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Cumberland Falls: 21.5 mi
Museums: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.9 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 15.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Koger Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Adkins MountainSSE 163°918 m12.6 mi
Walnut MountainSE 126°859 m10.8 mi
View Tree KnobS 174°832 m5.0 mi
Braden MountainSSE 167°805 m7.4 mi
Buffalo MountainS 180°780 m5.2 mi
Roach Creek MountainS 173°777 m11.1 mi
Sexton MountainSE 142°761 m3.9 mi
Chimney MountainSSE 148°756 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:2020:2121:00
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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1300168 — Round Mountain, Scott County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356831080

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