Hurricane Mountain
Hurricane Mountain rises to 592 m in Tennessee. Mt. Squires stands 1,540 m to the southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Short Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4631554.
Wikidata Q31675046, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 592 m
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 26.3 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 18 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 24 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 24 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 3.9 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 5.9 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 6.2 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 8.9 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 9.2 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mt John: 2.5 mi
- Ellis Butt: 3.2 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Rich Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Amerine Park: 7.8 mi
- Maryville College Woods: 8.4 mi
- John Sevier Park: 8.6 mi
- City of Maryville Little League: 8.7 mi
- Pistol Creek Wetlands Center: 8.7 mi
- Abrams Falls: 4.9 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 5.5 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 6.0 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 7.3 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 8.4 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 5.0 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 8.6 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 14.9 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 17.6 mi
- Cooter's Place: 17.6 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 8.9 mi
- Pistol Creek Dam and Mill Race: 9.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 18.1 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 18.1 mi
- Emert Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Morton Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 13.7 mi
- East End: 14.5 mi
- Vista Gardens: 19.1 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 19.5 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 19.5 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 19.5 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 19.6 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 9.3 mi
- Fish: 17.9 mi
- Bear: 19.2 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 19.8 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 20.0 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 6.1 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 18.1 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 18.6 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 18.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 19.0 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 19.2 mi
- Herron Spring: 23.6 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 24.1 mi
- Hardin Spring: 24.1 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 24.2 mi
- Poplar Spring: 24.6 mi
- Calderwood: 14.5 mi
- Elkmont: 14.7 mi
- Proctor: 15.2 mi
- Judson: 24.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Hurricane Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Squires | SE 143° | 1,540 m | 9.4 mi |
| Spence Field | SE 141° | 1,510 m | 9.7 mi |
| Devils Tater Patch | SSE 161° | 1,451 m | 9.1 mi |
| Little Bald | SSE 159° | 1,445 m | 9.0 mi |
| McCampbell Knob | SSE 150° | 1,359 m | 8.7 mi |
| Powell Knob | S 171° | 1,354 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pole Knob | SSE 156° | 1,331 m | 7.9 mi |
| High Point | S 189° | 1,329 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 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, 6 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 1288834 — Hurricane Mountain, Blount County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356812420
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