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Dan Top

Dan Top, seen from above at true elevation

Dan Top rises to 873 m in Tennessee. Mount Cammerer stands 1,502 m to the southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Chestnut Mountain, 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

Wikidata Q31668487, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
873 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.84371, -83.05376

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls: 39
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 11
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 9.4 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 12.8 mi
  • Shelton Laurel Massacre: 18.5 mi
  • Dolly Parton childhood home: 19.0 mi
  • Declaration of Independence: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • 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
Springs: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 5.5 mi
  • Forbidden Caverns: 16.9 mi
  • French Broad Rafting: 18.5 mi
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 19.2 mi
  • Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 3
Museums: 3
  • Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 22.8 mi
  • Shook Museum: 22.9 mi
  • Canton Area Historical Museum: 24.6 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Chief Junaluska: 22.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Dan Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CammererSW 227°1,502.05 m8.2 mi
Bluff MountainE 91°1,430 m8.2 mi
Max Patch MountainESE 121°1,407 m6.3 mi
Tennessee BluffE 91°1,406 m7.7 mi
Laurel MountainESE 113°1,311 m4.3 mi
Rich MountainESE 106°1,311 m6.1 mi
Snowbird MountainS 179°1,295 m3.7 mi
Round MountainE 86°1,290 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1019:44
June solstice06:1720:1520:52
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:3916:4317:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586672767569594942
Precip in4.23.94.74.44.66.46.54.64.02.73.44.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356797632

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