High Point
High Point rises to 1,329 m in Tennessee. Rocky Top stands 1,657 m to the east-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregorys Little Bald, a peak 0.7 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Blount County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31673905, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,328.6 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 19.3 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shute Cove Overlook · 14 mi
- Stratton Ridge · 16 mi
- Hooper Point Overlook · 17 mi
- Whig Cove · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gregorys Little Bald: 0.7 mi
- Gregory Bald: 0.8 mi
- Parson Bald: 1.4 mi
- Forge Knob: 1.7 mi
- Hickory Top: 1.7 mi
- Twentymile Creek Cascade: 4.2 mi
- Judy Branch Falls: 4.8 mi
- Abrams Falls: 5.3 mi
- Aiken Branch Falls: 5.8 mi
- Bear Creek Falls (Cheoah): 7.2 mi
- Tallassee Recreation Area: 11.2 mi
- Citico Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
- Harrison Branch Recreation Area: 12.6 mi
- Tellico Wildlife Management Area: 13.7 mi
- Swan Cabin: 14.3 mi
- Tree of Shame: 5.4 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 10.2 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 12.6 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 12.9 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 15.2 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 12.0 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: 19.2 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Morton Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Emert Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 14.6 mi
- Chota Monument: 14.9 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 15.9 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 7.3 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Calderwood: 7.1 mi
- Proctor: 9.0 mi
- Elkmont: 18.2 mi
- Judson: 19.5 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 16.3 mi
- Bear: 24.1 mi
- Fish: 24.9 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 21.5 mi
- Vista Gardens: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of High Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Top | ENE 76° | 1,657 m | 9.0 mi |
| Blockhouse Mountain | E 82° | 1,651 m | 8.9 mi |
| De Armond Bald | E 83° | 1,555 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mt. Squires | ENE 73° | 1,540 m | 7.5 mi |
| Spence Field | ENE 74° | 1,510 m | 7.9 mi |
| Gregory Bald | S 172° | 1,505 m | 0.8 mi |
| Devils Tater Patch | ENE 77° | 1,451 m | 4.6 mi |
| Little Bald | ENE 75° | 1,445 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| 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 | 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, 7 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 1287705 — High Point, Blount County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356810875
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