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Borden Top

Borden Top, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.70675, -83.74017

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • 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
Parks
Waterfalls: 50
  • 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
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 23
Cliffs: 21
Picnic sites: 10
  • 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
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Fish: 11.7 mi
  • Bear: 13.3 mi
  • Sam Houston Statue: 13.5 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 14.8 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 2
  • Strong rock spring: 21.6 mi
  • Love's Creek Spring: 22.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Meigs MountainSE 126°1,221.63 m8.3 mi
Chimney RocksSSE 165°1,221.07 m8.2 mi
Cold Water KnobS 179°1,219.73 m8.3 mi
Chinquapin KnobESE 104°1,144 m7.6 mi
Hornet Tree TopSSE 159°1,141.02 m7.5 mi
Cerulean KnobSSW 205°1,128.06 m6.0 mi
Rich MountainSW 215°1,117 m5.6 mi
Scott MountainSSW 196°1,105 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1720:55
September equinox07:2419:0019:33
December solstice07:4216:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047566269727166564640
Precip in5.64.95.35.25.15.56.14.44.93.34.45.6

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356789209

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