Walnut Mountain
Walnut Mountain rises to 859 m in Tennessee. Hurricane Mountain stands 1,007 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31690794, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 859 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Short Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Little Cumberland Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Houston Hill: 4.5 mi
- Granddaddy Hill: 4.9 mi
- Zeb Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Campbell County Park: 7.5 mi
- Asbury Park: 8.5 mi
- Cove Lake State: 8.9 mi
- Indian Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Indian Mountain State Park: 10.8 mi
- Civil War: 10.8 mi
- Agee: 13.5 mi
- Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Fort Anderson: 15.5 mi
- Ghosts of Convict Miners: 15.5 mi
- Hangover Rock: 11.0 mi
- High Cliff: 12.7 mi
- Primroy Arch: 14.0 mi
- Big Cliff: 18.4 mi
- River Ridge: 18.8 mi
- Campbell County Historical: 6.1 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 15.3 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 17.2 mi
- Museum of Scott County: 18.2 mi
- Norris Museum: 18.3 mi
- Winona General Store: 14.0 mi
- Train Cars: 14.7 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 16.1 mi
- Abandoned Train: 22.2 mi
- Aspire: 24.3 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 3.8 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 5.2 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 17.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 11.8 mi
- Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 13.6 mi
- Loyston: 18.6 mi
- Fork Mountain: 24.5 mi
- Hole In Rock Arch: 21.5 mi
- Split Bow Arch: 22.0 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Walnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,007 m | 11.5 mi |
| Hatmaker Knob | SSW 202° | 976 m | 11.2 mi |
| Grissel Knob | SSW 200° | 973 m | 10.6 mi |
| Huckaby Knob | SSW 208° | 953 m | 7.7 mi |
| Massengale Mountain | SSW 209° | 936 m | 11.5 mi |
| Pine Bald | SSW 202° | 935 m | 9.4 mi |
| Adkins Mountain | SW 222° | 918 m | 7.7 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SSW 209° | 892 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:20 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1273743 — Walnut Mountain, Campbell County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356781508
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