The Mountain
The Mountain rises to 126 m in Tennessee. Gordon Hill stands 203 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is I.P Yancey Park, a park 2.2 miles away. Great River Road passes 26 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31681071, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 126 m
How to reach it
- 25.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
89 named places within 25 miles
- I.P Yancey Park: 2.2 mi
- Whiteville City Park: 12.9 mi
- College Hill Park: 15.9 mi
- Forrest Street Park: 16.0 mi
- Mary Alice Park: 16.0 mi
- East Talen Beach: 20.3 mi
- East Bethany Beach: 21.7 mi
- West Falcon head beach: 21.7 mi
- North Mudbar Beach: 21.8 mi
- West Bethany Beach: 21.8 mi
- Pontotoc Hill: 5.3 mi
- Fortescue Hill: 9.4 mi
- Meux Hill: 12.7 mi
- Jeter Hill: 13.0 mi
- Richmond Hill: 13.6 mi
- Memphis Visitors Center: 16.1 mi
- Sleepy John Estes Museum: 20.2 mi
- Tina Turner Museum: 20.2 mi
- Caboose: 22.6 mi
- Frisco 1351: 22.6 mi
- National Bird Dog Museum: 18.3 mi
- Field Trial Hall of Fame: 18.4 mi
- West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center: 20.2 mi
- Morton Museum of Collierville History: 22.4 mi
- Simón Bolívar: 22.0 mi
- Memphis and Charleston Railroad: 22.6 mi
- Haywood County Confederate Statue: 23.4 mi
- Oak Dain Wetland Public Hunting Area: 14.8 mi
- Robbins-Halle Nature Preserve: 22.8 mi
- Arlington Community Garden: 16.0 mi
- Pleasant Run Creek Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 17.3 mi
- Tina Turner: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Hill | SSE 151° | 203 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pontotoc Hill | E 82° | 144 m | 5.3 mi |
| Richmond Hill | NNE 24° | 122 m | 13.6 mi |
| Fortescue Hill | N 359° | 121 m | 9.4 mi |
| Meux Hill | N 352° | 119 m | 12.7 mi |
| Jeter Hill | NNE 32° | 116 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:39 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:10 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moscow, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356779054
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- Bartlett · 28 mi
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