Vance Mountain
Vance Mountain rises to 632 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Grape Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31690459, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 632 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Grape Knob: 0.6 mi
- Pink Knob: 1.5 mi
- Hitchcox Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Nichols Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Wright Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- Fall Creek Falls State Park: 8.8 mi
- Coke Ovens Park: 10.7 mi
- Harris Park: 11.1 mi
- Pikeville City Park: 11.7 mi
- Canes Creek Cascades;Cane Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
- Cane Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Rockhouse Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Coon Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 19.1 mi
- Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 20.6 mi
- Mining Ruins: 20.6 mi
- Site #10 - Jeffery Home Site: 20.6 mi
- Site #6 - Mule Barn: 20.6 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Medley Arch: 13.3 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Copper Cliff: 18.9 mi
- Savage Gulf State Park: 15.7 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 18.8 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 19.3 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 19.5 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 21.7 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 10.6 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 15.3 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 15.5 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 21.2 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 23.1 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- George's Hole: 9.1 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 14.0 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 14.2 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Vance Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | SW 223° | 715 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SSW 209° | 703 m | 13.9 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | SW 225° | 694 m | 7.4 mi |
| Price Mountain | SW 229° | 689 m | 8.6 mi |
| Flat Mountain | SSW 209° | 684 m | 9.2 mi |
| Potato Knob | ENE 66° | 679 m | 18.5 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | W 267° | 670 m | 6.0 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | SW 229° | 664 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:54 | 16:33 |
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 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fall Creek Falls SP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1273367 — Vance Mountain, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356780565
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