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Little Top

Little Top, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.81062, -85.39497

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 38
  • 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
Waterfalls: 19
Attractions: 6
  • 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
Museums: 5
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • George's Hole: 10.7 mi
  • Newton Ford Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Old Shelter (ruins): 18.6 mi
  • The Pink Elephant: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horseshoe MountainS 175°633 m15.7 mi
Pilot KnobE 93°624 m11.2 mi
Dugger HillE 81°617 m10.8 mi
Big LevelE 79°617 m11.8 mi
Potts KnobENE 69°617 m13.3 mi
Buck KnobS 179°617 m14.9 mi
Bradden KnobSSE 153°616 m11.0 mi
Chestnut MountainNE 45°610 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:2018:54
June solstice05:2619:2420:02
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:4915:5316:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674777670594841
Precip in5.15.15.65.35.05.54.84.44.03.34.56.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta Wastewater Plant, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356817113

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