Sheep Top
Sheep Top rises to 610 m in Tennessee. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the west-southwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Tumbling Creek Recreation Area, a park 1.7 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31687428, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 610 m
How to reach it
- On the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Gazebo Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Potato Hill: 2.1 mi
- Panther Knob: 2.6 mi
- Licklog Top: 2.8 mi
- Red Hill: 3.4 mi
- Peavine Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Tumbling Creek Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Thunder Rock Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Ducktown City Park: 4.0 mi
- Copperhill Ballpark: 5.7 mi
- Toccoa River Park: 6.1 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 5.9 mi
- Rolling Thunder River Company: 6.3 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 12.8 mi
- Fields of the Wood: 12.8 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 12.8 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 7.1 mi
- Jacks River Falls 80: 8.2 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 10.1 mi
- Benton Falls: 10.7 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 11.9 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 14.8 mi
- Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 15.4 mi
- Nancy Ward Tomb: 15.5 mi
- Company A: 20.1 mi
- Panther Bluff: 12.5 mi
- White Cliffs: 15.6 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 19.4 mi
- White Cliff: 20.3 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 10.8 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 11.2 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 16.7 mi
- Parksville Beach: 11.0 mi
- Shady Beach: 11.2 mi
- Shady Beach: 11.3 mi
- Poop Island: 16.7 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 20.1 mi
- Tabor House Museum: 23.9 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 24.0 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 24.3 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 15.9 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 16.5 mi
- Due: 20.3 mi
- Squidbillies Early Cuyler Statue: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Sheep Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | WSW 238° | 1,276 m | 5.0 mi |
| Chimneytop | WSW 247° | 1,137 m | 4.2 mi |
| Hemp Top | SW 219° | 1,089 m | 6.0 mi |
| Buckeye Mountain | SW 224° | 1,074 m | 10.6 mi |
| Signal Pole Hill | E 85° | 1,056 m | 9.5 mi |
| Pack Mountain | E 85° | 1,049 m | 9.5 mi |
| Dyer Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,029 m | 10.8 mi |
| Angelico Mountain | E 89° | 1,027 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:51 | 17:31 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Fltr PLT, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356775074
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