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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

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
Parks: 33
  • 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
  • Bear Creek Scenic Area: 11.3 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 13.8 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Adkins MountainSSE918 m12.6 mi
Walnut MountainSE859 m10.8 mi
View Tree KnobS832 m5.0 mi
Braden MountainSSE805 m7.4 mi
Buffalo MountainS780 m5.2 mi
Roach Creek MountainS777 m11.1 mi
Sexton MountainSE761 m3.9 mi
Chimney MountainSSE756 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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