Sand Mountain
Sand Mountain rises to 495 m in Tennessee. Mount le Conte - High Top stands 2,010 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Shinbone, a cliff 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31686980, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 495 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 17.1 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 23.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 12 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 15 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 15 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Parrot Mountain and Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Jayell Ranch Adventure Park: 4.3 mi
- Tennessee Tornado: 4.5 mi
- Wild Eagle: 4.6 mi
- Lumberjack Lift: 4.6 mi
- Shields Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Seaton Top: 2.2 mi
- Bearwallow Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Painters Knob: 3.0 mi
- Short Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Thousand Drips: 8.1 mi
- Baskins Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Cataract Falls: 10.5 mi
- Grotto Falls: 10.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.4 mi
- Patriot Park: 5.9 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 6.2 mi
- Mills Park: 6.2 mi
- Paine Memorial Park: 6.9 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 7.5 mi
- The Shinbone: 0.9 mi
- Cat Stairs: 9.0 mi
- Sheepwalk Bluff: 10.3 mi
- East End: 10.8 mi
- Eight Acre Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 4.8 mi
- Tennessee Museum of Aviation: 4.8 mi
- Sevier County Heritage Museum: 6.5 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 6.5 mi
- Wings Of Wander Mural: 6.5 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 4.3 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 5.8 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 5.8 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 12.1 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 9.5 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 8.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 13.6 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 24.3 mi
- Indian Cave Park: 24.4 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 24.5 mi
- Burnett Spring: 17.5 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 18.7 mi
- Strong rock spring: 19.3 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 20.6 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 23.5 mi
- Fish: 6.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 6.6 mi
- Dolly Parton: 6.6 mi
- Bear: 8.0 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 16.8 mi
- I-81 Jefferson County West: 19.2 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 24.9 mi
- Vista Gardens: 8.4 mi
- Van Lester Estate: 20.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 6.0 mi
- Elkmont: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Sand Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount le Conte - High Top | S 174° | 2,010 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | S 174° | 2,004 m | 12.0 mi |
| Cliff Top | S 176° | 1,997 m | 11.9 mi |
| Myrtle Point | S 173° | 1,992 m | 12.1 mi |
| West Point | S 178° | 1,937 m | 11.9 mi |
| Balsam Point | S 184° | 1,774 m | 12.0 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | S 171° | 1,499 m | 10.4 mi |
| Snag Mountain | SE 125° | 1,379 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
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 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sevierville, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356831988
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