Chestnut Top Lead
Chestnut Top Lead rises to 699 m in Tennessee. Thunderhead Mountain stands 1,685 m to the south-southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Top, a peak 0.3 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31666568, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 698.516 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 14.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 22.1 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 22.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 12 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 18 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 18 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 2.2 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 2.2 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 4.2 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 8.2 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 10.6 mi
- Chestnut Top: 0.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Rocky Knob: 1.9 mi
- Fodderstack Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Scott Mountain: 2.6 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 1.1 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 1.3 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 2.9 mi
- Spruce Flats Falls: 3.2 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 3.6 mi
- Mynatt Park: 12.9 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 13.0 mi
- Amerine Park: 13.2 mi
- Wildwood Park: 13.8 mi
- Patriot Park: 14.0 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 2.1 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 11.6 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 12.9 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 12.9 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 13.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 12.6 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 14.0 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 14.1 mi
- Fort Harry: 14.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Emert Bluff: 4.1 mi
- East End: 12.3 mi
- Morton Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Alum Cave: 16.3 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 3.8 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 13.6 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 23.2 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 23.2 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 23.2 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 23.2 mi
- Bear: 13.8 mi
- Fish: 13.8 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 15.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 17.8 mi
- Dolly Parton: 17.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 13.0 mi
- Greenbrier: 19.9 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 21.0 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 21.5 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Elkmont: 8.7 mi
- Proctor: 12.3 mi
- Calderwood: 17.6 mi
- Judson: 19.6 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Chestnut Top Lead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderhead Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,685 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rocky Top | SSE 168° | 1,657 m | 6.1 mi |
| Blockhouse Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,651 m | 7.1 mi |
| Brier Knob | SSE 150° | 1,591 m | 6.4 mi |
| Devils Race Patch | SSE 164° | 1,565 m | 6.6 mi |
| De Armond Bald | S 173° | 1,555 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mt. Squires | S 183° | 1,540 m | 6.1 mi |
| Spence Field | S 178° | 1,510 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| 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, 4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356794276
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