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The Hellican

The Hellican, seen from above at true elevation

The Hellican rises to 562 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mystery Falls 8, a waterfall 1.2 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31673501, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
562 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.23007, -85.30496

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
  • Mining Ruins: 3.4 mi
  • Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 7.3 mi
  • Hamilton Memorial Gardens: 7.4 mi
  • Site #2 - Ore Car Path: 7.4 mi
  • Site #10 - Jeffery Home Site: 7.5 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Park: 5.3 mi
  • The Pumpkin Patch: 5.3 mi
  • The Pumpkin Patch: 5.4 mi
  • Walden's Ridge Park: 6.1 mi
  • Andy Anderton Park: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Mystery Falls 8: 1.2 mi
  • Vortex Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Falling Water Falls 110: 3.1 mi
  • Stevenson Branch Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Cooper Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
Attractions: 37
Cliffs: 30
Museums: 20
Nature reserves: 13
Artworks: 13
Gardens: 10
Springs: 7
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 7.8 mi
  • Obar Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Straight Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Pryor Cave Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Schwoon Spring: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 12.5 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 14.2 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 18.3 mi
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 11.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of The Hellican. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainWNW 297°715 m18.2 mi
Bunker HillNW 308°703 m14.4 mi
Lockhart HillNNW 328°694 m18.6 mi
Buck KnobN 3°693 m12.6 mi
Price MountainNW 324°689 m18.9 mi
Flat MountainNW 325°684 m15.7 mi
Wolfpen MountainNNW 332°664 m19.4 mi
Stocker HillWNW 294°654 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2019:53
June solstice06:2820:2221:00
September equinox07:3019:0619:40
December solstice07:4716:5417:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596673777669594941
Precip in6.35.05.85.84.85.34.94.65.03.75.06.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Soddy Daisy-mowbray MTN, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356779030

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