Donley Mountain
Donley Mountain rises to 432 m in Tennessee. Hemlock Knob stands 1,211 m to the east-southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is High Top, a peak 0.3 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31669199, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 432 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 23.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 13 mi
- Whig Cove · 14 mi
- Haw Knob · 14 mi
- Sunset Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- High Top: 0.3 mi
- Mose Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Bullet Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bell Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Holly Flats Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
- Ballplay Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
- Baby Falls: 6.1 mi
- Bald River Falls: 6.1 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 11.0 mi
- North Shoal Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 14.5 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 13.5 mi
- Chota Monument: 13.7 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 14.9 mi
- World War I Memorial: 15.7 mi
- The Lost Sea: 14.3 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 15.7 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 15.8 mi
- Greenback Castle: 17.1 mi
- All Nations Cross: 18.0 mi
- White Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Morton Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 2.6 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 13.6 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 15.7 mi
- Swift Museum: 17.0 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 19.6 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 17.1 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 17.4 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 15.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 24.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 24.5 mi
- Calderwood: 17.1 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 19.2 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Donley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemlock Knob | ESE 102° | 1,211 m | 8.8 mi |
| Waucheesi Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,105 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cantrell Top | S 171° | 1,100 m | 8.6 mi |
| Turkey Creek Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,063 m | 7.6 mi |
| Flats Mountain | E 91° | 1,013 m | 8.9 mi |
| Peels Top | S 181° | 990 m | 9.7 mi |
| Gravelstand Top | SSE 154° | 924 m | 6.8 mi |
| Henderson Top | SE 135° | 888 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:50 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1328067 — Donley Mountain, Monroe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356884602
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