Little Top
Little Top rises to 537 m in Tennessee. Horseshoe Mountain stands 633 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Butte, a peak 2.0 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31678360, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 537 m
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Butte: 2.0 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Little Chestnut Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Milksick Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.9 mi
- Beecher Wallace Homestead: 5.1 mi
- Spencer City Park: 5.6 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 6.4 mi
- Rockhouse State Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Pearson Park: 8.4 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- Virgin Falls: 4.1 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 5.3 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 6.0 mi
- Piney Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
- Virgin Falls Trailhead: 7.0 mi
- Sunset Rock: 8.2 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 10.1 mi
- George's Hole: 10.6 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 19.0 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 5.9 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 5.9 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 22.7 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 22.7 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 24.3 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 22.4 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 23.5 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 24.2 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 24.3 mi
- Medley Arch: 5.8 mi
- Copper Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 17.9 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 24.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- George's Hole: 10.7 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 18.6 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 24.4 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 13.3 mi
- Pinhook: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Little Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Mountain | S 175° | 633 m | 15.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | E 93° | 624 m | 11.2 mi |
| Dugger Hill | E 81° | 617 m | 10.8 mi |
| Big Level | E 79° | 617 m | 11.8 mi |
| Potts Knob | ENE 69° | 617 m | 13.3 mi |
| Buck Knob | S 179° | 617 m | 14.9 mi |
| Bradden Knob | SSE 153° | 616 m | 11.0 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | NE 45° | 610 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:53 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta Wastewater Plant, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356817113
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