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The Garden Spot

The Garden Spot, seen from above at true elevation

The Garden Spot rises to 953 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the south-southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Guinea Hill Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31671314, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
953 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.15591, -84.44049

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 28
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 12
Springs: 7
  • Massengil Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Herron Spring: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 3.2 mi
  • Train Cars: 12.1 mi
  • Winona General Store: 15.2 mi
  • Aspire: 18.2 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Emory Gap Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Debord Falls: 2.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of The Garden Spot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big FodderstackSSE 158°1,013 m3.6 mi
Buffalo MountainE 87°1,008 m7.3 mi
Stallion MountainSSW 193°1,007 m0.5 mi
Squire KnobWSW 247°1,002 m1.0 mi
Frozen HeadSSW 203°1,001 m2.5 mi
Burge MountainNE 54°993 m2.8 mi
Walnut KnobNNW 346°988 m1.1 mi
Bald KnobW 274°985 m1.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2220:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4817:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606876797872614942
Precip in5.15.65.15.24.14.65.53.53.83.14.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1272392 — The Garden Spot, Morgan County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356779027

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