The Flag Pole
The Flag Pole rises to 1,075 m in Tennessee. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the north, less than a tenth of a mile off. Norris Freeway passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31670390, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1075 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 7.0 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cross Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Redoak Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Vowell Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Sun Butte: 2.5 mi
- Militia Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pine Hill Community Park: 3.7 mi
- Norris Dam State Park: 7.3 mi
- Cove Lake State: 7.7 mi
- River Bluff Small Wild Area: 8.0 mi
- Asbury Park: 8.1 mi
- Why Miners Fought: 3.5 mi
- Convict Lease System: 3.6 mi
- Coal Creek War: 3.6 mi
- Village of Brothers: 3.6 mi
- Itinerant Miners' Cemetery: 3.6 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 4.4 mi
- Green McAdoo Cultural Center: 8.3 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 8.8 mi
- Norris Museum: 9.0 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 9.1 mi
- River Ridge: 6.6 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Bull Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Stubbs Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 19.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 22.3 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 23.3 mi
- Grow Lab: 23.6 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 24.0 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 8.2 mi
- Abandoned Train: 9.1 mi
- Aspire: 9.4 mi
- Train Cars: 14.6 mi
- Winona General Store: 17.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 11.7 mi
- Loyston: 16.3 mi
- Wheat: 19.7 mi
- Montgomery: 22.2 mi
- Massengil Spring: 16.8 mi
- Herron Spring: 21.6 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 24.0 mi
- Poplar Spring: 24.6 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 15.4 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 16.2 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 16.6 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 23.9 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 24.1 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 24.1 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 13.9 mi
- Debord Falls: 14.4 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of The Flag Pole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | N 0° | 1,075 m | 0.0 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | SW 229° | 1,027 m | 1.6 mi |
| Big Fodderstack | WSW 239° | 1,013 m | 12.1 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,008 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,007 m | 6.1 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,007 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | SSW 213° | 993 m | 4.1 mi |
| Burge Mountain | W 262° | 993 m | 9.6 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 | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1272388 — The Flag Pole, Campbell County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356779024
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