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Turkey Mountain

Turkey Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Turkey Mountain rises to 447 m in Tennessee. Hampton Mountain stands 616 m to the east-southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Blaylock Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31690195, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
447 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.23978, -85.36164

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 50
Cliffs: 22
Waterfalls: 12
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 7.3 mi
  • City Lake Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Wash Morgan Falls: 11.2 mi
Museums: 9
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 9.6 mi
  • Depot Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Soard Properties Museum: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • East Point Marina: 19.8 mi
  • Sunset Rock: 21.5 mi
  • good landing beach: 22.1 mi
  • launch site for kayak: 23.1 mi
  • Sunset Marina: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 8.9 mi
  • Standing Stone State Park: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 10.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Turkey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hampton MountainESE 122°616 m7.8 mi
Tyler MountainESE 112°597 m7.4 mi
Blaylock MountainSSE 163°593 m3.4 mi
Green Pond MountainESE 103°592 m11.0 mi
Verble KnobsSE 135°587 m11.5 mi
Copeland MountainESE 111°585 m7.1 mi
Harris MountainENE 72°582 m5.0 mi
Gunter MountainESE 114°580 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:2018:53
June solstice05:2519:2520:03
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:5015:5116:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in5.75.86.05.85.45.55.64.54.83.84.76.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356779962

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