Little Mountain
Little Mountain rises to 710 m in Tennessee. Cold Spring Knob stands 1,596 m to the south, 8.3 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
- 5.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 19.6 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 21.3 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 22.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 7 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 13 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 13 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 6.2 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 6.4 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 6.4 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 6.9 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 7.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 5.1 mi
- East End: 8.2 mi
- Emert Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Alum Cave: 11.2 mi
- The Shinbone: 12.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 7.3 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 7.6 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 7.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 9.8 mi
- 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
- Vista Gardens: 7.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 23.2 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 24.1 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 24.1 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 24.1 mi
- Bear: 7.3 mi
- Fish: 7.5 mi
- Veterans Statue: 12.2 mi
- Dolly Parton: 12.3 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 19.6 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 8.3 mi
- Greenbrier: 13.5 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 21.2 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 21.6 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 21.7 mi
- Elkmont: 4.2 mi
- Proctor: 16.4 mi
- Judson: 20.6 mi
- Calderwood: 24.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 12.6 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Spring Knob | S 171° | 1,596 m | 8.3 mi |
| Ben Parton Lookout | SSE 163° | 1,482 m | 7.6 mi |
| Dripping Spring Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,467 m | 6.3 mi |
| Blanket Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,405 m | 5.2 mi |
| Devils Bench | SSW 195° | 1,380 m | 8.2 mi |
| Meigs Mountain | S 172° | 1,222 m | 4.4 mi |
| Phils View | E 95° | 1,186 m | 2.7 mi |
| Chinquapin Knob | SE 136° | 1,144 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:17 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
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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