Sun Butte
Sun Butte rises to 587 m in Tennessee. The Flag Pole stands 1,075 m to the southwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Vowell Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 2.3 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31689163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 587 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 5.3 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Hill Community Park: 1.5 mi
- Norris Dam State Park: 5.0 mi
- Cove Lake State: 5.9 mi
- River Bluff Small Wild Area: 6.1 mi
- Asbury Park: 6.4 mi
- Vowell Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Militia Hill: 1.4 mi
- The Flag Pole: 2.5 mi
- Cross Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Redoak Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Why Miners Fought: 1.7 mi
- Convict Lease System: 1.7 mi
- Militia Hill: 1.7 mi
- Coal Creek War: 1.7 mi
- American Chestnuts: 1.8 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 2.3 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 7.0 mi
- Norris Museum: 7.4 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 7.8 mi
- Green McAdoo Cultural Center: 9.0 mi
- River Ridge: 5.7 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Bull Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Hangover Rock: 20.0 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 19.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 22.3 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 23.5 mi
- Grow Lab: 23.7 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 24.1 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 6.1 mi
- Aspire: 10.0 mi
- Abandoned Train: 11.5 mi
- Train Cars: 15.1 mi
- Winona General Store: 17.4 mi
- Fork Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Loyston: 14.1 mi
- Wheat: 22.1 mi
- Montgomery: 24.4 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 13.2 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 15.1 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 15.3 mi
- Massengil Spring: 19.3 mi
- Herron Spring: 23.1 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 23.5 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 24.0 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 24.0 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 24.2 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 16.2 mi
- Debord Falls: 16.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sun Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flag Pole | SW 226° | 1,075 m | 2.5 mi |
| Cross Mountain | SW 226° | 1,075 m | 2.5 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | SW 227° | 1,027 m | 4.1 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | SW 236° | 1,008 m | 7.5 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | NW 313° | 1,007 m | 5.7 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | SW 218° | 993 m | 6.6 mi |
| Burge Mountain | WSW 255° | 993 m | 11.7 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | SW 232° | 984 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356847151
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