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Monteagle Mountain. Coordinates: 35°14′N 85°52′W. Map of Mounteagle Mountain. Monteagle Mountain is the local name given to a stretch of Interstate 24 near Monteagle, Tennessee that travels over the Cumberland Plateau. Being part of the plateau, it is not technically a mountain, but appears that way to motorists crossing over it.
Monteagle is a town in Franklin, Grundy, and Marion counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Cumberland Plateau region of the southeastern part of the state. The population was 1,238 at the 2000 census – 804 of the town's 1,238 residents (64.9%) lived in Grundy County, 428 (34.6%) in Marion County, and 6 (0.5%) in Franklin County. [ 8 ]
Interstate 24 (I-24) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It runs diagonally from I-57, 10 miles (16 km) south of Marion, Illinois, to Chattanooga, Tennessee, at I-75. It travels through Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia.
A mountain 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) high at the north side of the head of Oakley Glacier, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east-northeast of Mount Monteagle. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64.
Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain. A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock.Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres (980 ft) above the surrounding land.
Location: McMinnville, Tennessee, US: Coordinates: 1]: Length: 27.7 miles (45 km) [2]: Discovery: 1810 by Aaron Higgenbotham: Geology: Monteagle Limestone: Entrances: 3: List of entrances: Higgenbotham Cave, Henshaw Cave, Onyx Curtain: Access: restricted: Show cave opened: July 4th, 1956: Lighting: electric: Website: cumberlandcaverns.com: Cumberland Caverns is a national natural landmark and ...
1301113 [2] Sewanee (/ səˈwɑːni /) [5] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Franklin County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,535 at the 2020 census. [6] It is part of the Winchester, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area. Sewanee is best known as the home of The University of the South, commonly known as "Sewanee".
Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park is a state park in Van Buren and Bledsoe counties, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The over 30,638-acre (123.99 km 2) [1] park is centered on the upper Cane Creek Gorge, an area known for its unique geological formations and scenic waterfalls. The park's namesake is the 256-foot (78 m) Fall Creek Falls, the ...