Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 635 m in Tennessee. Ben Lomond Mountain stands 579 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Cannon County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31687635, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 635 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mason Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Sugartree Knob: 1.9 mi
- Little Short Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bell Hill: 4.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 5.8 mi
- Dillion Park: 5.8 mi
- Brown. Spurlock Park: 5.9 mi
- City Park: 6.5 mi
- Holmes Creek Recreation Area: 13.7 mi
- Edgar Evins State Rustic Park: 14.9 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Gin Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Pine Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Smoot Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Mason Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 21.3 mi
- Geographical Center of Tennessee: 21.6 mi
- MTSU Veteran's Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery: 22.3 mi
- Airplane on a Stick: 22.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 19.5 mi
- Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 21.6 mi
- Middle Falls: 24.4 mi
- Burgess Falls: 24.4 mi
- Little Falls: 24.5 mi
- Hopewell: 15.2 mi
- Pinhook: 15.9 mi
- Spring Creek: 24.6 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 18.8 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 21.4 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 22.0 mi
- Blue Horseshoe: 22.1 mi
- State Street Garden: 22.7 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 24.7 mi
- Discovery Center: 23.1 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 23.2 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 21.1 mi
- Maney Spring: 22.9 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Lomond Mountain | SE 143° | 579 m | 20.2 mi |
| Cardwell Mountain | SE 127° | 576 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mason Mountain | ENE 74° | 533 m | 1.1 mi |
| Little Short Mountain | ESE 110° | 522 m | 3.0 mi |
| Barnett Mountain | ESE 119° | 466 m | 22.5 mi |
| Sugartree Knob | W 270° | 446 m | 1.9 mi |
| Little Cardwell Mountain | SE 127° | 415 m | 19.6 mi |
| Hickory Nut Mountain | E 98° | 411 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodbury 1 WNW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356839583
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