Hickory Top
Hickory Top rises to 1,115 m in Tennessee. Mt. Squires stands 1,540 m to the east-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Parson High Top, a peak 0.8 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31692558, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1114.79 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 20.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 20.2 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shute Cove Overlook · 14 mi
- Stratton Ridge · 15 mi
- Whig Cove · 16 mi
- Haw Knob · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Parson High Top: 0.8 mi
- Parson Bald: 1.1 mi
- High Point: 1.7 mi
- Gregory Bald: 1.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.2 mi
- Twentymile Creek Cascade: 4.1 mi
- Judy Branch Falls: 4.2 mi
- Aiken Branch Falls: 4.7 mi
- Abrams Falls: 5.8 mi
- Bear Creek Falls (Cheoah): 6.2 mi
- Tallassee Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Citico Recreation Area: 10.5 mi
- Harrison Branch Recreation Area: 11.0 mi
- Tellico Wildlife Management Area: 12.0 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
- Tree of Shame: 4.3 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 11.5 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 11.8 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 14.3 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 16.3 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Morton Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Morton Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Emert Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 13.0 mi
- Chota Monument: 13.3 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 15.8 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 13.3 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 14.9 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 15.0 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 16.1 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 18.0 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 8.9 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Calderwood: 5.4 mi
- Proctor: 10.3 mi
- Elkmont: 19.9 mi
- Judson: 20.8 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 16.2 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 16.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 23.3 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Hickory Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Squires | ENE 74° | 1,540.46 m | 9.2 mi |
| Spence Field | ENE 74° | 1,509.76 m | 9.7 mi |
| Gregory Bald | ESE 102° | 1,505.1 m | 1.8 mi |
| Gregorys Little Bald | E 97° | 1,452 m | 2.3 mi |
| Devils Tater Patch | ENE 76° | 1,451 m | 6.3 mi |
| Little Bald | ENE 75° | 1,445 m | 6.6 mi |
| Parson Bald | SE 130° | 1,441.65 m | 1.1 mi |
| Doe Knob | E 90° | 1,381.11 m | 4.4 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 | 16:48 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tapoco, 6 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 1287622 — Hickory Top, Blount County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356810757
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