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Wright Mountain

Wright Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Wright Mountain rises to 546 m in Tennessee. Walnut Mountain stands 859 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Chitwood Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 9.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in Scott County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1275186)

Wikidata Q31692257, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
546 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.54786, -84.34855

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 36
  • Winfield City Park: 5.5 mi
  • Winfield City Park: 5.6 mi
  • Field at Oneida City Park: 9.0 mi
  • Oneida City Park: 9.1 mi
  • Bear Creek Scenic Area: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 35
Natural arches: 18
  • Split Bow Arch: 11.2 mi
  • Hole In Rock Arch: 11.4 mi
  • Coal Branch Natural Arch: 14.9 mi
  • Koger Arch: 15.6 mi
  • Yahoo Arch: 17.6 mi
Attractions: 12
  • Winona General Store: 13.1 mi
  • Train Cars: 15.7 mi
  • Beast Mode: 20.4 mi
  • Hollow Rock: 21.1 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Big Spring Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Lick Creek Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Angel Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Yahoo Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Cumberland Falls: 20.1 mi
Historic sites: 5
Museums: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 13.7 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 14.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Koger Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 23.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Wright Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Walnut MountainSE 134°859 m11.0 mi
View Tree KnobS 183°832 m6.3 mi
Braden MountainS 175°805 m8.6 mi
Buffalo MountainS 188°780 m6.6 mi
Roach Creek MountainS 178°777 m12.4 mi
Sexton MountainSSE 161°761 m4.7 mi
Chimney MountainS 175°756 m3.2 mi
Ned MountainS 171°756 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:49
June solstice06:2020:2121:00
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556572757468574639
Precip in4.65.05.25.14.85.05.83.83.62.83.85.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1275186 — Wright Mountain, Scott County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356784326

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