Salt Spring Mountain
Salt Spring Mountain rises to 953 m in Tennessee. Huckleberry Knob stands 1,696 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Stiffknee Top, a peak 2.3 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 6.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31686777, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 953 m
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 6.7 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 21.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 9 mi
- Whig Cove · 10 mi
- Haw Knob · 11 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stiffknee Top: 2.3 mi
- Little Fodderstack: 2.3 mi
- Haw Knob Number One: 2.7 mi
- Blue Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Tallasee Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Tellico Wildlife Management Area: 2.4 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Citico Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
- Indian Boundary Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
- Tallassee Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 4.6 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Bear Creek Falls (Cheoah): 7.2 mi
- Aiken Branch Falls: 7.3 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Morton Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Morton Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 7.2 mi
- Chota Monument: 7.6 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 12.4 mi
- McGhee: 13.4 mi
- Tree of Shame: 7.5 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 10.1 mi
- Greenback Castle: 12.5 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 20.5 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 20.6 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 12.1 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 15.1 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 15.3 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 17.0 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 17.0 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 18.5 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Calderwood: 4.3 mi
- Proctor: 18.4 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 11.5 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 19.0 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 20.2 mi
- Poplar Spring: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Salt Spring Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Knob | SSE 161° | 1,696 m | 10.4 mi |
| Haw Knob | S 172° | 1,662 m | 10.9 mi |
| Hooper Bald | SSE 163° | 1,650 m | 11.5 mi |
| Big Junction | S 171° | 1,638 m | 11.4 mi |
| Little Huckleberry Knob | SSE 160° | 1,636 m | 9.9 mi |
| Little Haw Knob | S 175° | 1,562 m | 10.4 mi |
| Gregory Bald | ENE 70° | 1,505.1 m | 11.2 mi |
| Johns Knob | S 172° | 1,491 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:18 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tapoco, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356831844
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