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High Top

High Top, seen from above at true elevation

High Top rises to 336 m in Tennessee. Salt Spring Mountain stands 953 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Clear Creek Recreation Area, a park 1.6 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31674109, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
336 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.65202, -84.25547

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 19
Springs: 12
  • Poplar Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Huffine Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Herron Spring: 17.1 mi
Museums: 11
  • Greenback Heritage Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Carmichael Inn Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 9.6 mi
  • Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lower Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Abrams Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Aiken Branch Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Baby Falls: 22.9 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Greenback Castle: 5.6 mi
  • Caboose: 7.8 mi
  • The Lost Sea: 12.7 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 17.5 mi
  • Tree of Shame: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Saratoga Pavillion: 15.1 mi
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Cheeyo Park: 1.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Sam Houston Statue: 17.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of High Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Salt Spring MountainSE 139°953 m17.2 mi
Look RockE 94°810.463 m17.7 mi
Peaked TopS 175°565 m14.7 mi
Harlan MountainS 175°565 m14.7 mi
Tyler MountainSSE 163°560 m16.5 mi
Cane Creek MountainSSE 167°560 m17.2 mi
Blue MountainSSE 146°521 m15.7 mi
Maroney TopSE 128°515 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:49
June solstice06:2220:1920:57
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4416:4917:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596775797872604942
Precip in5.05.25.15.24.34.25.13.84.23.04.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir City, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1287722 — High Top, Loudon County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356810920

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