Benson Mountain
Benson Mountain rises to 718 m in Tennessee. Phils View stands 1,186 m to the east-southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Rocky, a peak 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31662214, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 718 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 21.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 26.8 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 11 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 17 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 17 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 3.3 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 4.9 mi
- The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 5.3 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 6.8 mi
- Paula Dean's Lumberjack Feud: 7.5 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 6.6 mi
- Patriot Park: 8.2 mi
- Mynatt Park: 10.1 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 10.5 mi
- Paine Memorial Park: 10.7 mi
- Little Rocky: 0.7 mi
- Bell Top: 1.9 mi
- Sinkhole Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Davis Mountain: 2.1 mi
- House Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 4.8 mi
- Meigs Falls: 5.2 mi
- Meigs Creek Cascade: 6.0 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 6.5 mi
- Mannis Branch Falls: 6.8 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 5.0 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 5.8 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 7.6 mi
- Cooter's Place: 7.7 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 9.3 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 8.2 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 8.3 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 11.5 mi
- John Sevier Monument: 11.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 4.7 mi
- East End: 5.4 mi
- Emert Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Hanging Rock: 13.1 mi
- The Shinbone: 13.4 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 10.7 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Vista Gardens: 10.6 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 19.7 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 19.7 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 19.7 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 19.7 mi
- Fish: 8.0 mi
- Bear: 10.5 mi
- Veterans Statue: 11.0 mi
- Dolly Parton: 11.0 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 16.1 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 12.7 mi
- Greenbrier: 16.6 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 16.8 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 17.2 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Elkmont: 8.6 mi
- Proctor: 18.8 mi
- Calderwood: 23.9 mi
- Judson: 24.4 mi
- Strong rock spring: 19.0 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 21.5 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 15.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Benson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phils View | ESE 120° | 1,186 m | 6.7 mi |
| Chinquapin Knob | SE 135° | 1,144 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Harrison | ESE 116° | 1,072 m | 7.2 mi |
| Cove Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,061 m | 6.1 mi |
| Round Top | SSE 159° | 936 m | 3.9 mi |
| Green Top | NNE 14° | 921 m | 4.9 mi |
| Curry He Mountain | SSE 157° | 921 m | 6.0 mi |
| Curry She Mountain | SSE 156° | 919 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 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 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1277023 — Benson Mountain, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356787429
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