Butt Mountain
Butt Mountain rises to 1,062 m in Tennessee. Whitetop Mountain stands 1,684 m to the east-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Another Way (ShortCut), a historic site 1.8 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31664915, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1062 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 20.5 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 24.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 27.2 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grandview Overlook · 28 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 29 mi
- Carroll Gap Overlook · 29 mi
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Snaggy Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Fodderstack Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Locust Knob: 2.5 mi
- Cabin Hill: 3.0 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 2.6 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Ralph Stout Park: 8.9 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- The Meadows Sports Complex: 13.1 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 1.8 mi
- AT2020: 1.8 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 2.4 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 4.2 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 8.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 17.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 18.4 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.2 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 19.2 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.4 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 9.6 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 13.8 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 14.0 mi
- William King Museum: 14.2 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 19.1 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 2.3 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 4.0 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 15.4 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 2.1 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 2.6 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 14.3 mi
- Listening Rock: 14.4 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 20.1 mi
- Trials Playground: 11.5 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 14.8 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 22.8 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 2.5 mi
- Heartwood: 14.6 mi
- Wooly: 19.1 mi
- Cave Spring: 2.6 mi
- Boiling Spring: 3.0 mi
- Brig Spring: 3.1 mi
- Backbone Rock: 2.8 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 17.3 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 14.6 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 14.6 mi
- Elk Shoals: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Butt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitetop Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,684 m | 9.2 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | ENE 75° | 1,553 m | 8.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,513 m | 8.1 mi |
| Pond Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,511 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | E 82° | 1,480 m | 10.5 mi |
| Balsam Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,403 m | 10.8 mi |
| Pond Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,354 m | 5.7 mi |
| Leander Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,321 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:35 | 17:16 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356884237
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 23 mi
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