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Signal Mountain

Signal Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Signal Mountain rises to 887 m in Tennessee. Stallion Mountain stands 1,007 m to the south, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 7.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in Scott County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31687806, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
887 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.28341, -84.46772

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 51
Historic sites: 25
  • Rugby's Hidden History: 14.2 mi
  • Why Miners Fought: 17.3 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 17.3 mi
  • Coal Creek War: 17.3 mi
  • Militia Hill: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 14
Museums: 12
  • Museum of Scott County: 9.3 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 17.9 mi
  • Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 17.9 mi
  • Campbell County Historical: 20.5 mi
  • Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 21.0 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Train Cars: 3.8 mi
  • Winona General Store: 6.5 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 10.4 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 21.5 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Debord Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Angel Falls: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 20.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Natural arches: 2
  • Diocese Arch: 15.8 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Signal Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stallion MountainS 171°1,007 m9.4 mi
Squire KnobS 176°1,002 m9.2 mi
Burge MountainSSE 152°993 m8.1 mi
Walnut KnobS 171°988 m7.8 mi
Bald KnobS 178°985 m8.7 mi
Guinea Hill KnobS 170°977 m8.4 mi
Ash Log MountainE 96°975 m9.3 mi
High PointSSE 164°966 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4717:27

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, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356839594

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