Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 586 m in Tennessee. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bearwallow Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4130273.
Wikidata Q31687740, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 586 m
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 15.0 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 21.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 25.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 13 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 14 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 14 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Forbidden Caverns: 6.6 mi
- Parrot Mountain and Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Tennessee Tornado: 7.5 mi
- Wild Eagle: 7.5 mi
- Lumberjack Lift: 7.5 mi
- Thousand Drips: 8.7 mi
- Ramsey Cascades: 9.4 mi
- Baskins Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Hen Wallow Falls: 9.9 mi
- Grotto Falls: 10.3 mi
- Bearwallow Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Dixon Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Sand Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Webb Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Mills Park: 6.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill Park: 8.5 mi
- Patriot Park: 8.8 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 9.5 mi
- Paine Memorial Park: 10.3 mi
- The Shinbone: 4.3 mi
- Cat Stairs: 6.8 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 12.1 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 12.4 mi
- Cliff: 12.5 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 7.8 mi
- Tennessee Museum of Aviation: 8.1 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 9.1 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 9.7 mi
- Sevier County Heritage Museum: 9.8 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 1.3 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 8.7 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 8.8 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 12.8 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 7.9 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Fish: 9.1 mi
- Bear: 9.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 9.9 mi
- Dolly Parton: 9.9 mi
- Selu Statue: 24.6 mi
- Burnett Spring: 14.9 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 15.3 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 17.4 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 20.1 mi
- Strong rock spring: 22.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 13.5 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- I-81 Jefferson County West: 19.1 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 21.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 9.5 mi
- Van Lester Estate: 20.1 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 23.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 6.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 14.0 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Elkmont: 15.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | SE 134° | 2,019 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | S 191° | 2,010 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | S 191° | 2,004 m | 11.5 mi |
| Cliff Top | SSW 193° | 1,997 m | 11.6 mi |
| Myrtle Point | S 189° | 1,992 m | 11.5 mi |
| Old Black | SE 131° | 1,939 m | 10.8 mi |
| Inadu Knob | SE 125° | 1,814 m | 10.9 mi |
| Laurel Top | SSE 163° | 1,798 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:45 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Leconte, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356775701
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