Borden Top
Borden Top rises to 619 m in Tennessee. Meigs Mountain stands 1,222 m to the southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Alie Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31663482, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 619 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 18.2 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 25.3 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 13 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 19 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 19 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alie Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Listening Top: 0.4 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Alie Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.4 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 1.8 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 3.1 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 3.9 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 5.1 mi
- The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 9.2 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 10.5 mi
- Wildwood Park: 11.2 mi
- Amerine Park: 11.3 mi
- Patriot Park: 12.0 mi
- John Sevier Park: 12.0 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 3.5 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 4.1 mi
- Meigs Falls: 4.5 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 4.9 mi
- Meigs Creek Cascade: 5.5 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 2.1 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 8.9 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 11.5 mi
- Cooter's Place: 11.6 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 12.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 12.0 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 12.0 mi
- Pistol Creek Dam and Mill Race: 13.2 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 13.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Emert Bluff: 3.5 mi
- East End: 9.0 mi
- Hanging Rock: 16.4 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 7.3 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Vista Gardens: 13.2 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 19.8 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 19.8 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 19.8 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 19.8 mi
- Fish: 11.7 mi
- Bear: 13.3 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 13.5 mi
- Veterans Statue: 14.8 mi
- Dolly Parton: 14.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 14.1 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 17.4 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 17.8 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Elkmont: 9.7 mi
- Proctor: 16.1 mi
- Calderwood: 20.0 mi
- Judson: 23.1 mi
- Strong rock spring: 21.6 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 22.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Borden Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meigs Mountain | SE 126° | 1,221.63 m | 8.3 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | SSE 165° | 1,221.07 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cold Water Knob | S 179° | 1,219.73 m | 8.3 mi |
| Chinquapin Knob | ESE 104° | 1,144 m | 7.6 mi |
| Hornet Tree Top | SSE 159° | 1,141.02 m | 7.5 mi |
| Cerulean Knob | SSW 205° | 1,128.06 m | 6.0 mi |
| Rich Mountain | SW 215° | 1,117 m | 5.6 mi |
| Scott Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,105 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356789209
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