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Little Top

Little Top, seen from above at true elevation

Little Top rises to 537 m in Tennessee. Smartt Mountain stands 645 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: 37
  • 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: 18
Museums: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Sunset Rock: 8.2 mi
  • Whale Face Rock: 10.1 mi
  • George's Hole: 10.6 mi
  • Cumberland Caverns: 19.0 mi
  • Head of the Sequatchie River: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 2
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 16.3 miles of Little Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Smartt MountainS645 m16.3 mi
Horseshoe MountainS633 m15.7 mi
Pilot KnobE624 m11.2 mi
Dugger HillE617 m10.8 mi
Big LevelE617 m11.8 mi
Potts KnobENE617 m13.3 mi
Buck KnobS617 m14.9 mi
Bradden KnobSSE616 m11.0 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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