The Mound
The Mound rises to 130 m in Tennessee. Wicker Mountain stands 223 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Middleton Tiger Mascot Statue, a artwork 4.9 miles away. Great River Road passes 58 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 130 m
How to reach it
- 57.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
65 named places within 25 miles
- Porters Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Pine Mountain: 14.0 mi
- Williams Graveyard Hill: 14.9 mi
- Ross Mountain: 15.8 mi
- Neil Hill: 16.3 mi
- Middleton City Park: 5.1 mi
- Shady Pines Park: 8.4 mi
- Shady Pines: 8.5 mi
- Walnut Municipal Park: 11.1 mi
- Cherokee Landing Park: 12.4 mi
- Corinth Civil War Interpretive Center: 19.0 mi
- Northeast Mississippi Museum: 19.2 mi
- Corinth Coca-Cola Museum: 19.4 mi
- Verandah Curlee House: 19.4 mi
- Crossroads Museum: 19.5 mi
- Big Hill Pond Fortifications: 5.6 mi
- Simón Bolívar: 15.3 mi
- Pleasant Run Creek Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- C.A.R.E. Honor Garden: 19.5 mi
- Middleton Tiger Mascot Statue: 4.9 mi
- Backbone Point: 8.3 mi
- Cherokee Landing Beach: 12.6 mi
- Caboose: 19.5 mi
- Brewers Spring Well: 21.1 mi
- Oak Dain Wetland Public Hunting Area: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wicker Mountain | SSW 200° | 223 m | 22.1 mi |
| Crum Mountain | SSE 164° | 221 m | 16.4 mi |
| Lindsey Mountain | SSW 204° | 214 m | 22.8 mi |
| Crow Mountain | SSE 164° | 212 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Peter | NE 48° | 209 m | 20.8 mi |
| Silver Springs Hill | S 174° | 204 m | 21.9 mi |
| Gordon Hill | W 262° | 203 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SSE 162° | 194 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:36 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Selmer, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356779045
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