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Sinkhole Mountain

Sinkhole Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sinkhole Mountain rises to 442 m in Tennessee. Phils View stands 1,186 m to the southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lone Ridge, a peak 1.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31687897, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
442 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.75870, -83.65878

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 3.4 mi
  • Next to Heaven Adventure: 4.6 mi
  • Paula Dean's Lumberjack Feud: 5.6 mi
  • Truth Traveler: 5.6 mi
  • The Track Family Entertainment Center: 5.7 mi
Parks
  • Wear Farm City Park: 4.7 mi
  • Patriot Park: 6.3 mi
  • Sevierville City Park: 8.7 mi
  • Paine Memorial Park: 9.0 mi
  • Mynatt Park: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 57
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Meigs Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Meigs Creek Cascade: 6.8 mi
  • Mannis Branch Falls: 7.0 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 21
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 10
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 12.4 mi
  • Chimneys Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Fish: 6.1 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 9.1 mi
  • Bear: 9.2 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 9.2 mi
  • Sam Houston Statue: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Strong rock spring: 18.2 mi
  • Love's Creek Spring: 21.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Sinkhole Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Phils ViewSE 136°1,185.75 m6.1 mi
Chinquapin KnobSSE 153°1,144 m6.2 mi
Mount HarrisonSE 131°1,072 m6.4 mi
Cove MountainSE 130°1,061 m5.3 mi
Round TopS 183°936.479 m4.7 mi
Green TopN 353°921 m3.7 mi
Curry He MountainS 173°920.956 m6.6 mi
Curry She MountainS 171°918.801 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1720:55
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4216:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370737267564640
Precip in4.84.35.64.95.56.06.34.44.33.24.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356775964

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