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. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31670390, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,075 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 25 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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