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Holy Butt

Holy Butt, a peak in Tennessee
Holy Butt, a peak in TennesseeSteve Shook from Moscow, Idaho, USA · CC BY 2.0

Holy Butt rises to 898 m in Tennessee. Mount le Conte - High Top stands 2,010 m to the east-southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Ober Mountain Coaster, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 1.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31674439, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
898.149 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.69865, -83.55173

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Ober Mountain Coaster: 0.4 mi
  • Ski Mountain Coaster: 0.4 mi
  • Otter: 0.4 mi
  • Bears: 0.4 mi
  • Amazing Mirror Maze: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls
  • Cataract Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Baskins Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Thousand Drips: 4.0 mi
  • Huskey Branch Falls: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Parks: 59
  • Mynatt Park: 2.1 mi
  • Patriot Park: 6.2 mi
  • Mills Park: 6.4 mi
  • Wear Farm City Park: 6.9 mi
  • Sevierville City Park: 11.0 mi
Museums: 20
Cliffs: 15
Historic sites: 12
Picnic sites: 12
Artworks: 6
  • Bear: 2.9 mi
  • Fish: 6.2 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 11.7 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 11.7 mi
  • Selu Statue: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Vista Gardens: 2.8 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 20.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Holy Butt. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount le Conte - High TopESE 115°2,009.55 m7.1 mi
Mount Le ConteESE 115°2,004 m7.1 mi
Cliff TopESE 117°1,996.55 m6.8 mi
Myrtle PointESE 115°1,991.56 m7.4 mi
West PointESE 119°1,937.31 m6.3 mi
Mount CollinsSSE 150°1,888.71 m8.9 mi
Anakeesta KnobESE 120°1,826.86 m8.9 mi
Balsam PointSE 125°1,773.94 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:46
June solstice06:1920:1620:54
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4116:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370737267564640
Precip in4.84.35.64.95.56.06.34.44.33.24.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 1 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

OpenStreetMap element node/356811569

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