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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: 52
  • 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: 29
Historic sites: 26
Cliffs: 20
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 MountainSSE1,685 m7.1 mi
Rocky TopSSE1,657 m7.2 mi
Brier KnobSE1,591 m7.9 mi
Devils Race PatchSSE1,565 m7.8 mi
Mt. SquiresSSE1,540 m6.8 mi
Spence FieldSSE1,510 m6.9 mi
Devils Tater PatchS1,451 m7.9 mi
Little BaldS1,445 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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