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Short Mountain

Short Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.58536, -84.07685

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Waterfalls: 32
  • 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
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 10
Museums: 9
  • 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
Picnic sites: 6
  • 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
Springs: 4
  • Poplar Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Herron Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Sam Houston Statue: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Cheeyo Park: 12.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gregory BaldESE 111°1,505.1 m12.7 mi
Gregorys Little BaldESE 110°1,452 m13.1 mi
Parson BaldESE 114°1,441.65 m11.9 mi
RockstackSSE 165°1,335 m13.4 mi
High PointESE 107°1,328.6 m12.3 mi
Big FodderstackSSE 167°1,321 m12.3 mi
Gregorys Little BaldESE 107°1,176 m12.9 mi
Little FodderstackSSE 160°1,137 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:48
June solstice06:2220:1820:56
September equinox07:2519:0119:35
December solstice07:4316:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384249576471747368584841
Precip in5.44.85.44.74.95.55.04.13.62.94.25.5

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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