Hornet Tree Top
Hornet Tree Top rises to 1,141 m in Tennessee. Silers Bald stands 1,706 m to the east-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Rocks, a peak 1.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31674591, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,141.02 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 12.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 18.2 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 18.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 10 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 15 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 15 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 5.7 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 5.9 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 6.2 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 10.0 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 10.0 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 1.1 mi
- Fodderstack Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Devils Bench: 2.0 mi
- Devils Courthouse: 2.3 mi
- Brier Knob: 2.6 mi
- Lynn Camp Falls: 1.8 mi
- Spruce Flats Falls: 2.0 mi
- Marks Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 3.4 mi
- Indian Flats Falls: 3.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 11.9 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 14.3 mi
- Patriot Park: 14.8 mi
- Mills Park: 16.4 mi
- David Monteith Park: 16.9 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 6.0 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 12.1 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 12.1 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 13.1 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 13.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Emert Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Alum Cave: 14.0 mi
- East End: 14.6 mi
- The Jumpoff: 17.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 10.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 12.4 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 14.8 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 14.9 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 4.5 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Bear: 13.0 mi
- Fish: 14.7 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 18.8 mi
- Veterans Statue: 19.4 mi
- Dolly Parton: 19.4 mi
- Elkmont: 7.0 mi
- Proctor: 9.4 mi
- Judson: 15.7 mi
- Calderwood: 18.2 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 10.6 mi
- Greenbrier: 18.6 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 24.9 mi
- Vista Gardens: 12.7 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 22.7 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Hornet Tree Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silers Bald | ESE 111° | 1,706 m | 7.6 mi |
| Thunderhead Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,685 m | 2.7 mi |
| Rocky Top | SSW 204° | 1,657 m | 3.2 mi |
| Blockhouse Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,651 m | 4.0 mi |
| Cold Spring Knob | ESE 111° | 1,596 m | 5.0 mi |
| Brier Knob | SSE 165° | 1,591 m | 2.6 mi |
| Devils Race Patch | S 191° | 1,565 m | 3.4 mi |
| De Armond Bald | SSW 201° | 1,555 m | 4.4 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 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:47 | 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, 5 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- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1288375 — Hornet Tree Top, Blount County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356811847
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