Chestnut Mountain
Chestnut Mountain rises to 873 m in Tennessee. Sunup Knob stands 1,534 m to the southwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Dan Top, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4563577.
Wikidata Q31666405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 873 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 10.7 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 20.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 24.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 14 mi
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 23 mi
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 23 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dan Top: 0.0 mi
- Little Bull Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Raven Mountain: 1.3 mi
- John Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Big Bull Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Cliff Dwellers Cascade: 4.8 mi
- Buzzard Roost Falls: 7.1 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Little Fall Branch Falls: 7.5 mi
- Mouse Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Branch Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- French Broad Recreation Site: 7.5 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Irish Cut Road Park: 10.0 mi
- Houston Valley Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
- Stanley Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 9.6 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 10.6 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Vann Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 13.0 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 9.4 mi
- Shelton Laurel Massacre: 18.5 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 19.0 mi
- Declaration of Independence: 21.0 mi
- US Constitution: 21.0 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 4.2 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 8.1 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 8.7 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 9.1 mi
- Burnett Spring: 9.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 6.1 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 9.8 mi
- I-81 Jefferson County West: 24.0 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 16.9 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 18.5 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 19.2 mi
- Historical Downtown: 24.6 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 22.2 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 23.1 mi
- Van Lester Estate: 24.4 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 22.8 mi
- Shook Museum: 22.9 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 24.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 19.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 21.4 mi
- Greenbrier: 20.7 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 21.8 mi
- Wasp: 6.8 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Chestnut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunup Knob | SW 224° | 1,534 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Cammerer | SW 227° | 1,502 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | E 91° | 1,430 m | 8.2 mi |
| Max Patch Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,407 m | 6.3 mi |
| Tennessee Bluff | E 91° | 1,406 m | 7.7 mi |
| Laurel Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,311 m | 4.3 mi |
| Snowbird Mountain | S 179° | 1,295 m | 3.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | E 86° | 1,290 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:15 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:43 | 17:23 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356794251
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