Whetstone Mountain
Whetstone Mountain rises to 471 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the north-northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooke Knob, a peak 2.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31691264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 471 m
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 24.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 28.3 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cooke Knob: 2.6 mi
- Turkey Knob: 3.0 mi
- Butler Hill: 3.7 mi
- Corbin Hill: 4.3 mi
- Lone Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Oakdale City Park: 3.7 mi
- Fred Russell Davis Jr. Park: 5.2 mi
- Killeffer Park: 5.7 mi
- Lakeshore Park: 5.8 mi
- Riverfront Park: 6.2 mi
- Lake Shore: 5.9 mi
- K-33: 6.6 mi
- K-31: 6.8 mi
- K-25 (Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant): 7.2 mi
- K-27: 7.3 mi
- Stowe Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Wester Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Marney Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Image Wall: 13.2 mi
- Bull Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Massengil Spring: 5.0 mi
- Delozier Spring: 8.6 mi
- Poplar Spring: 9.9 mi
- Rose Spring: 13.2 mi
- Ambrose Spring: 13.7 mi
- K-25 History Center: 7.5 mi
- Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 8.7 mi
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 12.4 mi
- The Oak Ridge History Museum: 12.7 mi
- American Museum of Science and Energy: 13.4 mi
- Debord Falls: 9.4 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 9.8 mi
- Ozone Falls: 19.7 mi
- Ray Falls: 24.9 mi
- Abandoned Train: 11.8 mi
- Caboose: 20.0 mi
- Aspire: 21.4 mi
- Train Cars: 22.9 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 6.2 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 11.5 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 21.4 mi
- Wheat: 8.1 mi
- Fork Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Montgomery: 10.2 mi
- Keyes-Harrison Wildlife Management Area: 20.3 mi
- Black Mountain Area: 23.2 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Whetstone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Fodderstack | NNE 31° | 1,013 m | 8.4 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,007 m | 10.4 mi |
| Squire Knob | NNE 11° | 1,002 m | 10.3 mi |
| Frozen Head | NNE 13° | 1,001 m | 8.4 mi |
| Burge Mountain | NNE 23° | 993 m | 13.2 mi |
| Walnut Knob | NNE 13° | 988 m | 11.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | N 9° | 985 m | 10.7 mi |
| American Knob | NE 45° | 984 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingston, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356782400
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