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Shug Mountain

Shug Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Shug Mountain rises to 624 m in Tennessee. Huckaby Knob stands 953 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Privet Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31687766, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
624 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.47369, -84.44188

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 34
  • Oneida City Park: 3.8 mi
  • Field at Oneida City Park: 3.8 mi
  • Flat Creek Park: 5.2 mi
  • Winfield City Park: 5.4 mi
  • Winfield City Park: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 29
  • McCoy Rocks: 9.0 mi
  • Jakes Hole Overlook: 11.5 mi
  • Devil's Slot: 12.1 mi
  • Needles Eye: 12.7 mi
  • North White Oak Overook: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Rugby's Hidden History: 16.4 mi
  • Civil War: 18.3 mi
  • Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 23.4 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 23.5 mi
  • Why Miners Fought: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Winona General Store: 6.8 mi
  • Train Cars: 9.8 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 16.5 mi
  • Twin Arch South: 17.0 mi
  • Twin Arches: 17.0 mi
Natural arches: 11
  • Split Bow Arch: 11.6 mi
  • Diocese Arch: 12.3 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 15.5 mi
  • Amphitheater Arch: 15.7 mi
  • Coal Branch Natural Arch: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Angel Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Big Spring Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Lick Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Yahoo Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 22.8 mi
Museums: 5
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Koger Spring: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Shug Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckaby KnobSE 134°953 m13.2 mi
Adkins MountainSE 136°918 m11.5 mi
Brushy MountainSE 138°892 m13.4 mi
Signal MountainS 186°887 m13.2 mi
Walnut MountainE 101°859 m13.3 mi
View Tree KnobESE 104°832 m5.0 mi
Round MountainS 187°832 m12.2 mi
Braden MountainESE 120°805 m6.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2120:2221:00
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4716:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356775750

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