Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 393 m in Tennessee. Gregory Bald stands 1,505 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Harrison Branch Recreation Area, a park 2.5 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4340744.
Wikidata Q31687608, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 393 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 14.0 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 29.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 17 mi
- Whig Cove · 18 mi
- Haw Knob · 19 mi
- Shute Cove Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzard Roost: 2.7 mi
- Cockspur Knob: 2.9 mi
- Stratton Knob: 3.2 mi
- Shingle Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Buchannan Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Harrison Branch Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- Tallassee Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Citico Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Toqua Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
- McGee Carson Peninsula State Historic Park: 6.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 10.8 mi
- Abrams Falls: 11.2 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 11.7 mi
- Aiken Branch Falls: 12.2 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 13.0 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Morton Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Leeper Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Chota Monument: 3.7 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 3.7 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 7.1 mi
- McGhee: 7.6 mi
- Morganton: 9.3 mi
- Greenback Castle: 5.5 mi
- Tree of Shame: 12.1 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 13.1 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 17.7 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 17.8 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 7.4 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 7.8 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 13.5 mi
- Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 17.7 mi
- Carmichael Inn Museum: 18.1 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 17.2 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 19.2 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Poplar Spring: 15.7 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 17.9 mi
- Hardin Spring: 17.9 mi
- Herron Spring: 21.6 mi
- Calderwood: 7.8 mi
- Proctor: 21.2 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 12.8 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 12.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Bald | ESE 111° | 1,505 m | 12.7 mi |
| Parson Bald | ESE 114° | 1,442 m | 11.9 mi |
| Rockstack | SSE 165° | 1,335 m | 13.4 mi |
| High Point | ESE 107° | 1,329 m | 12.3 mi |
| Big Fodderstack | SSE 167° | 1,321 m | 12.3 mi |
| Gregorys Little Bald | ESE 107° | 1,176 m | 12.9 mi |
| Little Fodderstack | SSE 160° | 1,137 m | 9.9 mi |
| Hickory Top | ESE 112° | 1,115 m | 10.9 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 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1270207 — Short Mountain, Blount County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356775691
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