Betsy Mountain
Betsy Mountain rises to 358 m in Tennessee. Green Top stands 921 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Nichols Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31662264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 358 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 23 mi
- Norris Dam Overlook · 28 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 29 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nichols Mountain: 0.5 mi
- High Point: 0.9 mi
- Bowman Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Buzzard Hill: 1.6 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Bower Field Community Park: 2.2 mi
- Gary Underwood Park: 3.8 mi
- Charter E. Doyle Park: 4.6 mi
- Urban Wilderness Gateway Park: 5.5 mi
- South Knoxville Optimist Park: 5.5 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 6.2 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 7.8 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 8.7 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 11.3 mi
- The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 14.0 mi
- Ramsey House Visitor Center: 6.2 mi
- McClung Museum: 7.2 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 7.2 mi
- Blount Mansion: 7.2 mi
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center: 7.4 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 7.7 mi
- Wright Bluff: 9.3 mi
- East End: 11.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 11.7 mi
- Knoxville Historic Train: 7.2 mi
- James White Fort: 7.2 mi
- Terra: 7.5 mi
- Miller's Building Arch: 7.6 mi
- Million Dollar Fire: 7.6 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 2.8 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 16.2 mi
- Meigs Falls: 17.1 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 17.1 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 17.5 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 7.2 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 7.2 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 7.2 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 7.2 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 7.6 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 7.1 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 7.2 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 7.4 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 11.7 mi
- Veterans Statue: 15.2 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 4.4 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 4.8 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 5.7 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 18.0 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 10.0 mi
- Strong rock spring: 12.0 mi
- Herron Spring: 18.5 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 22.8 mi
- Hardin Spring: 22.9 mi
- Elkmont: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Betsy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Top | ESE 115° | 921 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | ESE 121° | 899 m | 10.0 mi |
| Little Double | SE 126° | 851 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bench Mountain | ESE 123° | 805 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | SE 142° | 720 m | 9.5 mi |
| Pleasant View | SE 141° | 712 m | 9.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | SE 136° | 679 m | 10.1 mi |
| Yellow Knob | SE 131° | 657 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 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 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1277186 — Betsy Mountain, Knox County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356787959
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