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Little Mountain

Little Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mountain rises to 571 m in Tennessee. Thunderhead Mountain stands 1,685 m to the south-southeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Tuckaleechee Caverns, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 13 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4637037

Wikidata Q31677723, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
571 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.65965, -83.76648

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Tuckaleechee Caverns: 0.4 mi
  • River Rat Tubing Outpost: 2.5 mi
  • Next to Heaven Adventure: 5.2 mi
  • Nick's MTB Trails: 7.0 mi
  • Ski Mountain Coaster: 12.1 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Amerine Park: 11.5 mi
  • Wildwood Park: 12.2 mi
  • John Sevier Park: 12.3 mi
  • Maryville College Woods: 12.4 mi
  • City of Maryville Little League: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 54
  • White Oak Sinks Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Meadow Branch Cascade: 3.0 mi
  • Crooked Arm Cascades: 3.4 mi
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Spruce Flats Falls: 5.1 mi
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 26
Cliffs: 22
Picnic sites: 10
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 3.8 mi
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Sam Houston Statue: 13.3 mi
  • Fish: 14.8 mi
  • Bear: 15.2 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 18.2 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • Strong rock spring: 25.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thunderhead MountainSSE 152°1,685.16 m7.1 mi
Rocky TopSSE 156°1,657.32 m7.2 mi
Brier KnobSE 142°1,591.05 m7.9 mi
Devils Race PatchSSE 153°1,564.85 m7.8 mi
Mt. SquiresSSE 168°1,540.46 m6.8 mi
Spence FieldSSE 164°1,509.76 m6.9 mi
Devils Tater PatchS 189°1,451 m7.9 mi
Little BaldS 187°1,445 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1720:55
September equinox07:2419:0019:34
December solstice07:4216:4717:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047566269727166564640
Precip in5.64.95.35.25.15.56.14.44.93.34.45.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 4 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 1291576 — Little Mountain, Blount County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356816928

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