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Little Mountain

Little Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mountain rises to 582 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stepp Knob, a peak 2.1 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Grundy County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31677808, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
582 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.51313, -85.71359

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
Waterfalls: 26
  • Greeter Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Ranger Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Horsepound Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Suter Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Savage Falls: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Attractions: 6
Museums: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
  • George's Hole: 23.1 mi
  • Newton Ford Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Savage Gulf State Park: 6.7 mi
  • Hickory Flat Woods WMA: 17.6 mi
  • May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 17.7 mi
  • May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Saddleback Platform: 19.3 mi
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 20.4 mi
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 20.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Schwoon Spring: 7.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainSSE 148°715 m13.1 mi
Bunker HillSE 133°703 m15.8 mi
Lockhart HillESE 106°694 m13.7 mi
Price MountainESE 110°689 m12.7 mi
Flat MountainESE 115°684 m15.5 mi
Jakes MountainE 85°670 m12.5 mi
Wolfpen MountainE 100°664 m14.2 mi
Stocker HillSSE 159°654 m12.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2118:55
June solstice05:2919:2420:02
September equinox06:3218:0818:41
December solstice06:4915:5516:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353846546370737267564638
Precip in5.85.56.16.15.15.36.14.34.23.44.86.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coalmont, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1291575 — Little Mountain, Grundy County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356816926

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