Skip to content

Shug Mountain

Shug Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Shug Mountain rises to 624 m in Tennessee. Huckaby Knob stands 953 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Privet Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31687766, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
624 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.47369, -84.44188

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 30
  • Oneida City Park: 3.8 mi
  • Field at Oneida City Park: 3.8 mi
  • Flat Creek Park: 5.2 mi
  • Winfield City Park: 5.4 mi
  • Highschool Park: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 28
  • McCoy Rocks: 9.0 mi
  • Jakes Hole Overlook: 11.5 mi
  • Devil's Slot: 12.1 mi
  • Needles Eye: 12.7 mi
  • North White Oak Overook: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Rugby's Hidden History: 16.4 mi
  • Civil War: 18.3 mi
  • Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 23.4 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 23.5 mi
  • Why Miners Fought: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Winona General Store: 6.8 mi
  • Train Cars: 9.8 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 16.5 mi
  • Twin Arch South: 17.0 mi
  • Twin Arches: 17.0 mi
Natural arches: 11
  • Split Bow Arch: 11.6 mi
  • Diocese Arch: 12.3 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 15.5 mi
  • Amphitheater Arch: 15.7 mi
  • Coal Branch Natural Arch: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Angel Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Big Spring Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Lick Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Yahoo Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 22.8 mi
Museums: 5
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Koger Spring: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Shug Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huckaby KnobSE953 m13.2 mi
Adkins MountainSE918 m11.5 mi
Brushy MountainSE892 m13.4 mi
Signal MountainS887 m13.2 mi
Walnut MountainE859 m13.3 mi
View Tree KnobESE832 m5.0 mi
Braden MountainESE805 m6.9 mi
Lick Creek MountainS801 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2120:2221:00
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4716:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845556371757367564538
Precip in5.15.15.75.24.94.85.64.54.03.33.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356775750

More peaks in Tennessee

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Shug Mountain.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens