Snake Den Mountain
Snake Den Mountain rises to 1,579 m in Tennessee. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the south-southwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Inadu Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31688248, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1578.72 m
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 15.7 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 14.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Appalachian Medley
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 13 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 13 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 14 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #2 · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Inadu Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Inadu Knob: 0.7 mi
- Buckeye Bald: 0.9 mi
- Maddron Bald: 1.1 mi
- Camel Hump Knob: 1.6 mi
- Hen Wallow Falls: 1.6 mi
- Ramsey Cascades: 3.8 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 3.8 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 3.9 mi
- Mouse Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 7.8 mi
- Arch Rock: 12.9 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 12.9 mi
- Hellbender: 14.7 mi
- Birdventure: 14.7 mi
- Mills Park: 11.5 mi
- Chestnut Hill Park: 14.3 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Bryant Town Park: 15.2 mi
- Mynatt Park: 15.5 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 14.6 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 15.6 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 15.6 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 15.9 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 16.9 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 3.3 mi
- Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 6.1 mi
- Cat Stairs: 6.6 mi
- The Jumpoff: 10.9 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 9.3 mi
- Masonic Monument: 14.5 mi
- Fort Harry: 14.7 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 16.1 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 16.5 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 8.4 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 5.4 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 7.1 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 11.7 mi
- Burnett Spring: 14.3 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 16.3 mi
- Bear: 14.7 mi
- Fish: 18.0 mi
- Selu Statue: 18.8 mi
- Veterans Statue: 20.2 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 7.4 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 11.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Vista Gardens: 14.8 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 18.3 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 20.8 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 23.0 mi
- Greenbrier: 8.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 16.4 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 9.7 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Snake Den Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | SSW 201° | 2,019.13 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Chapman | SSW 205° | 1,960.2 m | 3.8 mi |
| Old Black | SSW 205° | 1,938.61 m | 1.7 mi |
| Luftee Knob | SSE 153° | 1,894.26 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | S 186° | 1,883.44 m | 3.0 mi |
| Marks Knob | S 185° | 1,878.29 m | 3.9 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | SE 140° | 1,875.19 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Hardison | S 186° | 1,874.57 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 8 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1270751 — Snake Den Mountain, Cocke County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/2454963579
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