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Chimney Top Mountain

Chimney Top Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Chimney Top Mountain rises to 948 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the east, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Love Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 17 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31666881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
948 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.10480, -84.49494

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 27
Cliffs: 14
Museums: 12
Springs: 9
  • Massengil Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Rose Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Ambrose Spring: 20.4 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 7.0 mi
  • Train Cars: 16.0 mi
  • Winona General Store: 18.9 mi
  • Aspire: 20.7 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Debord Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Ozone Falls: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Chimney Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big FodderstackE 87°1,013 m4.4 mi
Stallion MountainNE 44°1,007 m4.2 mi
Squire KnobNE 34°1,002 m3.8 mi
Frozen HeadENE 59°1,001 m2.4 mi
Burge MountainNE 46°993 m7.4 mi
Walnut KnobNNE 31°988 m5.4 mi
Bald KnobNNE 26°985 m4.0 mi
American KnobE 96°984 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1619:50
June solstice06:2220:2120:59
September equinox07:2719:0319:37
December solstice07:4616:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471747367574639
Precip in4.84.65.05.94.75.15.73.44.33.33.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancing 6 NW, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356794379

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