Peels Top
Peels Top rises to 990 m in Tennessee. Beaverdam Bald stands 1,288 m to the east, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Peels High Top, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 7.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31682534, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 990 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 16.3 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 16.7 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 16.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Overlook · 14 mi
- Whig Cove · 14 mi
- Haw Knob · 14 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peels High Top: 1.0 mi
- Cantrell Top: 1.9 mi
- Waucheesi Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Round Top: 3.7 mi
- Hazelnut Knob: 4.3 mi
- Holly Flats Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Towee Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Powerhouse Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 11.9 mi
- Lost Creek Recreation Area: 13.1 mi
- North Shoal Creek Falls: 4.8 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 7.1 mi
- Bald River Falls: 7.2 mi
- Baby Falls: 7.3 mi
- South Shoal Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
- All Nations Cross: 8.3 mi
- Golgotha Hill: 8.5 mi
- Garden Tomb: 8.5 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 8.5 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
- World War I Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Company A: 15.9 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 16.0 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 16.5 mi
- White Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.9 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 19.2 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 8.7 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 15.9 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 16.8 mi
- Swift Museum: 19.9 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 23.3 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 11.3 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 22.2 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 22.2 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 22.3 mi
- Parksville Beach: 23.2 mi
- Shady Beach: 24.8 mi
- Shady Beach: 24.8 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 15.1 mi
- Calderwood: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Peels Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaverdam Bald | E 87° | 1,288 m | 7.6 mi |
| Rocky Top | E 91° | 1,223 m | 7.2 mi |
| Little Bald | E 87° | 1,220 m | 8.6 mi |
| Jenks Knob | E 88° | 1,171 m | 9.3 mi |
| Hazelnut Knob | E 94° | 1,136 m | 4.3 mi |
| Round Top | E 91° | 1,120 m | 5.5 mi |
| Nit Top | E 88° | 1,112 m | 5.0 mi |
| Waucheesi Mountain | NE 47° | 1,105 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1640704 — Peels Top, Cherokee County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/356887361
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