The Mound
The Mound rises to 215 m in Tennessee. Slaughter Hill stands 246 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pulley Hill, a peak 2.9 miles away. Woodlands Trace passes 10 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 215 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
- 29.1 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bison Range Overlook · 20 mi
73 named places within 25 miles
- Day Use Area: 7.0 mi
- Barkley Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
- Dryers Creek Recreational Area: 7.7 mi
- Commissary Hollow Access Point: 9.0 mi
- Blue Creek Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
- Pulley Hill: 2.9 mi
- Redbank Hill: 5.4 mi
- Vinegar Hill: 5.7 mi
- Cooley Hill: 8.0 mi
- Bomar Hill: 8.3 mi
- Bullard Point: 5.7 mi
- Express Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Rushing Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Douglas Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Copperas Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Bear Spring Iron Furnace: 6.9 mi
- Cannon Monument: 7.0 mi
- Confederate War Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Great Western Iron Furnace: 19.5 mi
- Bison Range Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Missionary Park Picnic Site: 20.1 mi
- Cedar Pond Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge: 17.6 mi
- Beechy Creek WMA: 21.3 mi
- Great West Iron Furnace: 19.5 mi
- Homeplace 1850s Working Farm at Land Between The Lakes: 20.3 mi
- Model Spring aka Great Western Spring: 19.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slaughter Hill | SSE 158° | 246 m | 22.4 mi |
| Collier Hill | S 179° | 208 m | 17.4 mi |
| Durham Hill | S 177° | 206 m | 12.7 mi |
| Cooley Hill | S 184° | 203 m | 8.0 mi |
| Ivy Hill | S 174° | 202 m | 15.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSW 203° | 200 m | 22.6 mi |
| Pulley Hill | NW 324° | 197 m | 2.9 mi |
| Redbank Hill | WSW 238° | 196 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:00 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tennessee Ridge, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1272413 — The Mound, Stewart County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356779048
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