High Top
High Top rises to 553 m in Tennessee. Blanket Mountain stands 1,405 m to the southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Bluff, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31674059, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 553 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 17.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 23.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 24.3 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 11 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 17 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 17 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Listening Top: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Borden Top: 1.6 mi
- Alie Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 2.0 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 1.3 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 1.7 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 4.2 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 6.6 mi
- The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 8.7 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 9.9 mi
- Patriot Park: 11.2 mi
- Mynatt Park: 11.3 mi
- Wildwood Park: 12.7 mi
- Amerine Park: 12.8 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 1.9 mi
- Meigs Falls: 2.9 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 3.0 mi
- Meigs Creek Cascade: 4.0 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 4.4 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 2.4 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 8.5 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 10.9 mi
- Cooter's Place: 11.1 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 11.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Emert Bluff: 4.6 mi
- East End: 9.0 mi
- Alum Cave: 15.6 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 11.2 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 11.3 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 11.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 14.1 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 7.0 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Vista Gardens: 11.9 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 21.2 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 21.2 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 21.2 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 21.2 mi
- Fish: 11.0 mi
- Bear: 12.0 mi
- Veterans Statue: 14.6 mi
- Dolly Parton: 14.6 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 15.1 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 12.5 mi
- Greenbrier: 18.2 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 18.7 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 19.2 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Elkmont: 8.1 mi
- Proctor: 15.3 mi
- Calderwood: 20.4 mi
- Judson: 21.8 mi
- Strong rock spring: 22.3 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 24.0 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of High Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blanket Mountain | SE 130° | 1,405.07 m | 7.6 mi |
| Meigs Mountain | SE 127° | 1,221.63 m | 6.7 mi |
| Chimney Rocks | S 174° | 1,221.07 m | 7.2 mi |
| Cold Water Knob | S 189° | 1,219.73 m | 7.6 mi |
| Phils View | E 90° | 1,185.75 m | 7.4 mi |
| Chinquapin Knob | E 100° | 1,144 m | 6.1 mi |
| Hornet Tree Top | SSE 167° | 1,141.02 m | 6.3 mi |
| Cerulean Knob | SW 220° | 1,128.06 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356810929
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