Saltpeter Hill
Saltpeter Hill rises to 227 m in Tennessee. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Petty Bluff, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Cordell Hull Highway passes 29 miles off. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31686826, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 227 m
How to reach it
- 29.4 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
134 named places within 25 miles
- Tater Knob: 2.7 mi
- Battery Knob: 3.9 mi
- Maces Hill: 4.1 mi
- Locust Knob: 4.8 mi
- Cub Knob: 6.2 mi
- Cordell Hull Overlook: 2.7 mi
- Rome Access Area: 5.0 mi
- Defeated Creek Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Trousdale County Park: 8.5 mi
- Shady Grove Access Area: 8.9 mi
- Petty Bluff: 0.8 mi
- Upton Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Scraunchers Rock Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Alex Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Mutton Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Smith County Heritage Museum: 4.6 mi
- The Eads Museum: 5.3 mi
- Granville Museum: 11.6 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 17.3 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 18.2 mi
- Cummins Falls: 24.3 mi
- Charlotte Falls: 24.6 mi
- Savannah Falls: 24.9 mi
- Big Spring: 10.6 mi
- Spring Creek: 17.3 mi
- Spring Shelter: 3.2 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 15.6 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 17.2 mi
- General Hatton: 17.6 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saltpeter Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SSW 209° | 398 m | 18.4 mi |
| Fisher Knob | SSW 198° | 383 m | 23.1 mi |
| Turney Knob | SSW 199° | 379 m | 23.3 mi |
| Round Top Knob | S 189° | 364 m | 19.7 mi |
| Fodderstack Knob | SSW 194° | 362 m | 24.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSW 194° | 359 m | 12.6 mi |
| Lawrence Knob | SSW 198° | 359 m | 22.4 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SSW 197° | 357 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:27 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:53 | 16:33 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1300611 — Saltpeter Hill, Smith County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356831868
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