Nit Top
Nit Top rises to 1,112 m in Tennessee. Haw Knob stands 1,662 m to the east-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top, a peak 0.5 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31428610, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1112 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 12.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Overlook · 9 mi
- Whig Cove · 9 mi
- Haw Knob · 10 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Top: 0.5 mi
- Rose Top: 0.8 mi
- Hazelnut Knob: 0.8 mi
- Joe Top: 1.7 mi
- Rocky Top: 2.2 mi
- Holly Flats Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Fall Branch Scenic Area: 9.4 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 9.7 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook: 9.8 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 11.2 mi
- Bald River Falls: 5.4 mi
- Baby Falls: 5.6 mi
- North Shoal Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
- Tellico Falls: 6.9 mi
- South Shoal Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- All Nations Cross: 9.4 mi
- Golgotha Hill: 9.7 mi
- Garden Tomb: 9.8 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 9.8 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Trees Plaque: 13.5 mi
- Site of Fort Butler: 13.6 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 15.3 mi
- World War I Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 11.0 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 13.5 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 20.7 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 21.0 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 21.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.6 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 14.0 mi
- White Cliff: 14.8 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 16.2 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 17.1 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 18.8 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 18.8 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 18.8 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 10.3 mi
- Calderwood: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Nit Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haw Knob | ENE 62° | 1,662 m | 9.2 mi |
| Big Junction | ENE 66° | 1,638 m | 9.2 mi |
| Laurel Top | ENE 67° | 1,615 m | 9.0 mi |
| Little Haw Knob | ENE 58° | 1,562 m | 8.9 mi |
| Grassy Top | ENE 69° | 1,514 m | 8.1 mi |
| Pantherflat Top | E 81° | 1,429 m | 9.1 mi |
| Dillard Top | ENE 78° | 1,429 m | 9.2 mi |
| McDaniel Bald | E 92° | 1,416 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:18 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:50 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 991156 — Nit Top, Monroe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356773497
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