Attraction · Tennessee
Rocky Top Mountain Coaster
Rocky Top Mountain Coaster is an attraction in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 327 m. Brushy Mountain stands 1,499 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Chasing Rainbows Museum, a museum 0.6 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 6.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
Coordinates35.79700, -83.54600
- 6.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 22.2 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 23.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 25.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 10 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 14 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 15 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Patriot Park: 0.7 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 2.3 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 4.3 mi
- Paine Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Mynatt Park: 6.8 mi
Attractions
- Speed Zone Fun Park: 0.8 mi
- Barnstormer Ride: 0.8 mi
- Thunderhead: 0.8 mi
- Lumberjack Lift: 0.8 mi
- Wild Eagle: 0.9 mi
Peaks
- Davids Knob: 1.6 mi
- Painters Knob: 2.4 mi
- Sugar Camp Knob: 2.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Sweat Hill: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls
- Thousand Drips: 6.9 mi
- Cataract Falls: 7.4 mi
- Baskins Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
- Laurel Falls: 8.7 mi
- Grotto Falls: 10.1 mi
Museums: 26
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 0.6 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 1.5 mi
- Cooter's Place: 1.8 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 4.0 mi
- Tennessee Museum of Aviation: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 20
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 0.7 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 0.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 8.8 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 17
- The Shinbone: 4.6 mi
- East End: 6.1 mi
- Sheepwalk Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Eight Acre Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Hanging Rock: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 11
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 11.0 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 9
- Vista Gardens: 6.4 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 22.7 mi
- Van Lester Estate: 24.1 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 24.1 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 24.2 mi
Artworks: 8
- Fish: 0.8 mi
- Veterans Statue: 5.0 mi
- Dolly Parton: 5.0 mi
- Bear: 6.0 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 23.4 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Greenbrier: 10.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 11.5 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 20.8 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 20.8 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 21.0 mi
Springs: 5
- Strong rock spring: 17.9 mi
- Burnett Spring: 22.7 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 22.8 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 23.4 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 21.7 mi
- I-81 Jefferson County West: 23.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 8.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Rocky Top Mountain Coaster. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Mountain | SE 142° | 1,498.69 m | 10.5 mi |
| Lookout Rock | SE 140° | 1,354.1 m | 9.8 mi |
| Round Top | SE 142° | 1,314.3 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bull Head | SSE 161° | 1,310.94 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Winnesoka | SE 142° | 1,305.86 m | 9.5 mi |
| Phils View | SSW 197° | 1,185.75 m | 7.3 mi |
| Chinquapin Knob | SSW 203° | 1,144 m | 8.9 mi |
| Piney Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,088.92 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
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 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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