The Pounds
The Pounds rises to 603 m in Tennessee. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Potts Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31804936, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 603 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Potts Knob: 0.7 mi
- Chamberlain Knob: 1.8 mi
- Bruce Knob: 1.8 mi
- Anderson Knob: 1.8 mi
- Potato Hill: 2.3 mi
- Meadow Park Lake: 4.2 mi
- Private Village Green - Residents Only: 5.1 mi
- Cumberland Mountain Retreat: 5.6 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 8.5 mi
- Memorial Park: 9.2 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 7.8 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 8.4 mi
- Virgin Falls: 9.7 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- Keaton Falls: 13.6 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 7.6 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 10.9 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 12.0 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 12.6 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 14.5 mi
- Copper Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Brady Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 12.5 mi
- Medley Arch: 16.2 mi
- Indian Head Point Overlook: 16.9 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 9.2 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 9.2 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 19.0 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 19.2 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 19.7 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 10.4 mi
- Sunset Rock: 12.9 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 17.9 mi
- George's Hole: 17.9 mi
- Dripping Spring: 13.0 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 15.3 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 21.8 mi
- Moulton Spring: 22.4 mi
- George's Hole: 17.9 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Roadside Table: 20.4 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 21.1 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 13.2 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Troop 45: 23.7 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 5.2 mi
- Sam: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of The Pounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | ESE 122° | 931 m | 12.2 mi |
| Dorton Knob | ESE 117° | 910 m | 11.5 mi |
| Brady Mountain | ESE 107° | 893 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | ESE 115° | 893 m | 12.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | E 92° | 862 m | 15.1 mi |
| Big Rock Mountain | E 81° | 824 m | 17.4 mi |
| Worthington Knob | SSE 154° | 775 m | 14.3 mi |
| Gort Knob | SE 139° | 774 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:51 | 16:31 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crossville MEM AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1307260 — The Pounds, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356846529
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