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Cades Cove Mountain

Cades Cove Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cades Cove Mountain rises to 880 m in Tennessee. Thunderhead Mountain stands 1,685 m to the east-southeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rich Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31665256, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
879.766 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.62628, -83.81663

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Crooked Arm Cascades: 2.4 mi
  • Abrams Falls: 3.7 mi
  • White Oak Sinks Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Meadow Branch Cascade: 6.1 mi
  • Spruce Flats Falls: 7.6 mi
Attractions
  • Tuckaleechee Caverns: 3.2 mi
  • River Rat Tubing Outpost: 6.1 mi
  • Next to Heaven Adventure: 8.8 mi
  • Nick's MTB Trails: 8.8 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 12.3 mi
Parks
  • Amerine Park: 11.2 mi
  • Pistol Creek Wetlands Center: 11.5 mi
  • Maryville College Woods: 11.6 mi
  • Pearson Springs Park: 11.8 mi
  • Sandy Springs Park: 11.9 mi
Museums: 27
Historic sites: 23
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 10
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 2.9 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Sam Houston Statue: 12.4 mi
  • Fish: 18.4 mi
  • Bear: 18.6 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 21.8 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Cades Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thunderhead MountainESE 123°1,685.16 m7.4 mi
Rocky TopSE 127°1,657.32 m7.2 mi
De Armond BaldSE 135°1,554.75 m7.8 mi
Mt. SquiresSE 136°1,540.46 m6.1 mi
Spence FieldSE 132°1,509.76 m6.4 mi
Gregorys Little BaldSSW 197°1,452 m7.6 mi
Devils Tater PatchSSE 164°1,451 m5.7 mi
Little BaldSSE 161°1,445 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1419:47
June solstice06:2120:1720:55
September equinox07:2419:0019:34
December solstice07:4216:4717:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 3 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
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1279278 — Cades Cove Mountain, Blount County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/2310452569

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