High Top
High Top rises to 477 m in Tennessee. Hemlock Knob stands 1,211 m to the east-southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Donley Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31674127, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 477 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 18.1 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 23.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 13 mi
- Whig Cove · 13 mi
- Haw Knob · 14 mi
- Sunset Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 6.8 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
- Holly Flats Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Ballplay Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
- Donley Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Mose Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bullet Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Bell Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Baby Falls: 6.1 mi
- Bald River Falls: 6.2 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 10.9 mi
- North Shoal Creek Falls: 14.6 mi
- Violet Falls: 14.6 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 13.2 mi
- Chota Monument: 13.4 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 14.7 mi
- McGhee: 15.6 mi
- The Lost Sea: 14.2 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 15.9 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 16.0 mi
- Greenback Castle: 16.9 mi
- All Nations Cross: 18.2 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 2.8 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 13.4 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 15.9 mi
- Swift Museum: 17.1 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 19.4 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 9.2 mi
- White Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Morton Bluff: 20.0 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 17.4 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 17.7 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 23.9 mi
- Poplar Spring: 24.9 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 24.6 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 24.6 mi
- Calderwood: 16.8 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of High Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemlock Knob | ESE 103° | 1,211 m | 8.7 mi |
| Waucheesi Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,105 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cantrell Top | S 172° | 1,100 m | 8.8 mi |
| Turkey Creek Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,063 m | 7.5 mi |
| Flats Mountain | E 92° | 1,013 m | 8.8 mi |
| Peels Top | S 182° | 990 m | 9.9 mi |
| Gravelstand Top | SSE 156° | 924 m | 6.9 mi |
| Henderson Top | SE 137° | 888 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:49 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356885061
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