Sand Mountain
Sand Mountain rises to 333 m in Tennessee. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Todd Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Polk County, Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31686965, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 333 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 2 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Todd Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Prince Knob: 3.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Prince Knob: 3.0 mi
- Frank Hammon Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
- Chilhowee Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Rock Creek Scenic Area: 3.3 mi
- Clemmer Campsite: 3.5 mi
- Mac Point Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Nancy Ward Tomb: 1.9 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 8.4 mi
- Fred Stone: 9.6 mi
- Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 10.5 mi
- Benton Falls: 3.2 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lowry Falls: 8.3 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 11.1 mi
- Jacks River Falls 80: 13.0 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Panther Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Eads Bluff: 17.8 mi
- White Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 14.0 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 14.0 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 19.4 mi
- Rolling Thunder River Company: 19.9 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 22.7 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 12.6 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 14.1 mi
- Swift Museum: 17.9 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 20.4 mi
- Parksville Beach: 3.3 mi
- Shady Beach: 5.0 mi
- Shady Beach: 5.1 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 11.0 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 11.8 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 20.0 mi
- Face: 20.9 mi
- Little Debbie: 24.5 mi
- Christmas Tree Cake: 24.6 mi
- Bauxite Ridge: 23.2 mi
- Wolftever Creek Bird Sanctuary: 24.2 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 24.5 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 12.8 mi
- Garden of Prayer: 23.6 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 19.3 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 19.5 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Sand Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | SE 146° | 1,276 m | 12.4 mi |
| Chimneytop | SE 141° | 1,137 m | 11.8 mi |
| Hemp Top | SSE 149° | 1,089 m | 14.3 mi |
| Buckeye Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,074 m | 15.7 mi |
| Little Frog Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,017 m | 13.6 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | ESE 106° | 1,016 m | 13.6 mi |
| Smith Mountain | E 99° | 946 m | 14.8 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | ENE 61° | 921 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:52 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Fltr PLT, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356885910
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