Cades Cove Mountain
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
- 11.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 16.3 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 19.8 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 17 mi
- Shute Cove Overlook · 21 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 22 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rich Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Double Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Cerulean Knob: 1.8 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Scott Mountain: 2.6 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 5.1 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 11.8 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 15.8 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 17.7 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 17.7 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 12.0 mi
- Pistol Creek Dam and Mill Race: 12.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 17.2 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 18.2 mi
- Emert Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Morton Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Morton Bluff: 11.0 mi
- 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
- Vista Gardens: 18.5 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 23.0 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 23.0 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 23.0 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 23.0 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 12.4 mi
- Fish: 18.4 mi
- Bear: 18.6 mi
- Veterans Statue: 21.8 mi
- Dolly Parton: 21.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 17.5 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 21.4 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 22.0 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Proctor: 11.7 mi
- Calderwood: 13.0 mi
- Elkmont: 13.4 mi
- Judson: 21.0 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 24.6 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderhead Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,685.16 m | 7.4 mi |
| Rocky Top | SE 127° | 1,657.32 m | 7.2 mi |
| De Armond Bald | SE 135° | 1,554.75 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mt. Squires | SE 136° | 1,540.46 m | 6.1 mi |
| Spence Field | SE 132° | 1,509.76 m | 6.4 mi |
| Gregorys Little Bald | SSW 197° | 1,452 m | 7.6 mi |
| Devils Tater Patch | SSE 164° | 1,451 m | 5.7 mi |
| Little Bald | SSE 161° | 1,445 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:47 | 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, 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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