Ellis Butt
Ellis Butt rises to 738 m in Tennessee. Gregory Bald stands 1,505 m to the south, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mountain, a peak 2.6 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31669940, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 738 m
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 20.3 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 21.7 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 27.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 21 mi
- Shute Cove Overlook · 23 mi
- Stratton Ridge · 23 mi
- Whig Cove · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Look Rock: 3.2 mi
- Hurricane Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Coon Hollow Knobs: 3.3 mi
- Pistol Creek Wetlands Center: 6.6 mi
- Pearson Springs Park: 6.9 mi
- Maryville College Woods: 7.0 mi
- Sandy Springs Park: 7.1 mi
- Amerine Park: 7.1 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 6.8 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 7.7 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 8.1 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 9.3 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 12.0 mi
- Abrams Falls: 3.7 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 7.5 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 8.7 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 10.3 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 11.5 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 7.3 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 8.2 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 15.4 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 18.0 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 18.8 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 7.3 mi
- Pistol Creek Dam and Mill Race: 7.8 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 15.1 mi
- Chota Monument: 15.1 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 17.8 mi
- Emert Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Morton Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Morton Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 10.0 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 19.7 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 19.7 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 19.7 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 19.7 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 20.2 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 7.7 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 20.1 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 20.3 mi
- Fish: 21.0 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 21.4 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 8.0 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 18.8 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 19.3 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 20.5 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 21.6 mi
- Hardin Spring: 21.7 mi
- Poplar Spring: 21.9 mi
- Herron Spring: 21.9 mi
- Calderwood: 12.3 mi
- Proctor: 16.1 mi
- Elkmont: 17.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Ellis Butt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Bald | S 170° | 1,505.1 m | 9.8 mi |
| Gregorys Little Bald | SSE 167° | 1,452 m | 9.9 mi |
| Devils Tater Patch | SE 142° | 1,451 m | 9.9 mi |
| Little Bald | SE 140° | 1,445 m | 9.9 mi |
| Parson Bald | S 176° | 1,441.65 m | 10.0 mi |
| Doe Knob | SSE 155° | 1,381.11 m | 10.2 mi |
| Brier Lick Knob | SSE 157° | 1,379.07 m | 10.2 mi |
| McCampbell Knob | SE 132° | 1,359.1 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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, 8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1283676 — Ellis Butt, Blount County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356800288
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