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High Top

High Top, seen from above at true elevation

High Top rises to 547 m in Tennessee. Lockhart Hill stands 694 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31674162, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
547 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.68201, -85.59859

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 23
  • Spencer City Park: 9.2 mi
  • Rock Island State Rustic Park: 9.4 mi
  • Pepperbranch park: 10.1 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 10.3 mi
  • Dottie West Park: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 19
Cliffs: 7
Attractions: 5
  • Cumberland Caverns: 4.9 mi
  • Whale Face Rock: 13.7 mi
  • George's Hole: 14.3 mi
  • Sunset Rock: 20.9 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 21.4 mi
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • George's Hole: 14.2 mi
  • Newton Ford Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Old Shelter (ruins): 4.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Schwoon Spring: 16.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of High Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lockhart HillSSE 157°694 m16.8 mi
Price MountainSSE 161°689 m16.9 mi
Jakes MountainSSE 151°670 m12.1 mi
Wolfpen MountainSSE 152°664 m16.0 mi
Wright MountainESE 123°649 m13.5 mi
Black MountainSSE 150°649 m13.6 mi
Hitchcox MountainSE 128°647 m13.7 mi
Smartt MountainSE 128°645 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2118:54
June solstice05:2819:2420:02
September equinox06:3118:0718:41
December solstice06:4915:5416:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250596774777670594942
Precip in5.15.16.05.24.85.45.34.34.03.54.66.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rock Island SP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356810926

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