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The Temple

The Temple, seen from above at true elevation

The Temple rises to 503 m in Tennessee. Green Pond Mountain stands 592 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Owen's Overlook, a cliff 1.8 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31689610, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
503 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.38535, -84.97912

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs: 48
  • Owen's Overlook: 1.8 mi
  • Lookout Point: 1.8 mi
  • Tom's Gap: 1.9 mi
  • Gwinn Cove Overlook: 2.2 mi
  • Tar Gap Overlook: 2.2 mi
Parks: 26
Attractions: 15
  • East Fork Stables: 2.2 mi
  • East Point Marina: 9.1 mi
  • good landing beach: 13.1 mi
  • Sunset Marina: 14.3 mi
  • launch site for kayak: 14.4 mi
Museums: 7
Natural arches: 6
  • Diocese Arch: 18.2 mi
  • Buffalo Arch: 19.3 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 23.3 mi
  • Etta's Arch: 23.5 mi
  • Amphitheater Arch: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 15.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Standing Stone State Park: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Angel Falls: 19.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of The Temple. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green Pond MountainSW 220°592 m16.5 mi
Negro MountainSW 224°577 m16.4 mi
Alpine MountainW 264°574 m14.1 mi
Cub MountainSW 235°567 m11.9 mi
Gullet MountainW 264°566 m15.7 mi
Round TopSW 231°566 m16.2 mi
Sisco MountainSW 235°555 m14.4 mi
Egypt KnobWSW 257°554 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:52
June solstice05:2319:2320:02
September equinox06:2918:0518:38
December solstice06:4915:4916:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353846556471747467564638
Precip in5.04.95.55.55.35.55.34.64.03.24.16.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamestown, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356850458

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