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Little Mountain

Little Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mountain rises to 710 m in Tennessee. Ben Parton Lookout stands 1,482 m to the south-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Piney Spur, a peak 1.0 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 5.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4637040

Wikidata Q31677968, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
709.758 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.69848, -83.63168

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Piney Spur: 1.0 mi
  • Buckeye Knob: 1.2 mi
  • Round Top: 1.8 mi
  • Chinquapin Knob: 1.9 mi
  • Davis Mountain: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • Mannis Branch Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Meigs Creek Cascade: 3.1 mi
  • Meigs Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • Next to Heaven Adventure: 3.1 mi
  • Ski Mountain Coaster: 4.2 mi
  • Ober Mountain Coaster: 4.2 mi
  • Otter: 4.2 mi
  • Bears: 4.2 mi
Parks
  • Mynatt Park: 6.5 mi
  • Wear Farm City Park: 7.1 mi
  • Patriot Park: 7.6 mi
  • Mills Park: 10.7 mi
  • Sevierville City Park: 11.6 mi
Museums: 28
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 18
Picnic sites: 11
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Chimneys Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 9
  • Bear: 7.3 mi
  • Fish: 7.5 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 12.2 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 12.3 mi
  • Sam Houston Statue: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Covered bridges: 1
Springs: 1
  • Strong rock spring: 22.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ben Parton LookoutSSE 163°1,481.57 m7.6 mi
Dripping Spring MountainSSE 164°1,466.72 m6.3 mi
Blanket MountainSSE 168°1,405.07 m5.2 mi
Devils BenchSSW 195°1,379.94 m8.2 mi
Meigs MountainS 172°1,221.63 m4.4 mi
Phils ViewE 95°1,185.75 m2.7 mi
Chinquapin KnobSE 136°1,144 m1.9 mi
Hornet Tree TopSSW 208°1,141.02 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1720:54
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4116:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370737267564640
Precip in4.84.35.64.95.56.06.34.44.33.24.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 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 1291577 — Little Mountain, Sevier County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356816931

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