Flattop
Flattop rises to 953 m in Tennessee. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hell Hollow Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31670591, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 953 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 18.7 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 23.0 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 24.8 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 22 mi
- Walker Knob Overlook (MP 359.8) · 29 mi
- Glassmine Falls Overlook (MP 361.2) · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Unicoi Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Eugene P. Price Kiwanis Park: 7.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 7.5 mi
- Old Forge Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park: 8.0 mi
- Sampson Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Rich Hill: 2.4 mi
- Potato Hill: 2.5 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 2.9 mi
- Embreeville Mountain: 3.0 mi
- WWII Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Moye Rest: 12.1 mi
- Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 14.0 mi
- Valentine Sevier Home: 15.7 mi
- McKee Street "Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty": 15.8 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Yarbrough Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Yarprough Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Stony Point: 6.5 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 1.0 mi
- Pine Ridge Falls: 1.1 mi
- Josiah Falls: 1.4 mi
- Sill Branch Falls: 1.5 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 1.7 mi
- David Crockett Museum: 8.0 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 9.4 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 9.5 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 12.0 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 12.2 mi
- Junaluska: 16.5 mi
- Rock Bridge: 20.4 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 20.4 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 20.4 mi
- Friends: 20.4 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 17.1 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 17.1 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 22.0 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 23.8 mi
- Overlook Access: 19.5 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 21.3 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 23.0 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 19.5 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 20.1 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 24.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.6 mi
- Hampton Spring: 23.7 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 18.1 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 24.0 mi
- Lost Cove: 9.3 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 15.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Flattop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bald | SSE 160° | 1,674 m | 10.2 mi |
| Big Stamp | SSE 160° | 1,639 m | 10.0 mi |
| Little Bald | SSE 148° | 1,575 m | 9.8 mi |
| Green Ridge Knob | SSW 214° | 1,480 m | 7.0 mi |
| Camp Creek Bald | SW 231° | 1,480 m | 11.6 mi |
| Gravel Knob | SW 222° | 1,478 m | 6.3 mi |
| Big Butt | SW 226° | 1,467 m | 6.2 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | SW 233° | 1,438 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356802610
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 17 mi
- Elizabethton · 23 mi
- Kingsport · 28 mi
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