Spruce Double
Spruce Double rises to 622 m in Tennessee. Mt. Squires stands 1,540 m to the east-southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is The Horseshoe, a peak 0.4 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31688349, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 622 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 17.5 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 19.9 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shute Cove Overlook · 19 mi
- Stratton Ridge · 20 mi
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 20 mi
- Whig Cove · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Abrams Falls: 0.7 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 5.5 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 7.7 mi
- Twentymile Creek Cascade: 8.9 mi
- Judy Branch Falls: 9.3 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 6.9 mi
- Tree of Shame: 9.5 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 9.8 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 11.3 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 12.0 mi
- The Horseshoe: 0.4 mi
- Coon Butt: 1.0 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Short Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Cades Cove Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Pistol Creek Wetlands Center: 10.6 mi
- Pearson Springs Park: 11.0 mi
- Sandy Springs Park: 11.3 mi
- Maryville College Woods: 11.3 mi
- Tallassee Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 11.5 mi
- Pistol Creek Dam and Mill Race: 12.1 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 14.6 mi
- Chota Monument: 14.8 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 17.2 mi
- Emert Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Morton Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 10.6 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 8.7 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 11.7 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 17.2 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 19.3 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 19.5 mi
- Vista Gardens: 22.1 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 23.6 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 24.1 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 24.1 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 24.1 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 5.7 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 20.8 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 23.1 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 23.5 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 23.6 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 24.2 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 12.0 mi
- Fish: 22.1 mi
- Bear: 22.3 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 24.5 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 24.7 mi
- Calderwood: 9.4 mi
- Proctor: 12.0 mi
- Elkmont: 16.9 mi
- Judson: 22.2 mi
- Poplar Spring: 24.5 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Spruce Double. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Squires | ESE 109° | 1,540 m | 7.9 mi |
| Spence Field | ESE 107° | 1,510 m | 8.3 mi |
| Gregory Bald | S 175° | 1,505 m | 5.5 mi |
| Devils Tater Patch | SE 127° | 1,451 m | 6.0 mi |
| Little Bald | ESE 124° | 1,445 m | 6.1 mi |
| Parson Bald | S 185° | 1,442 m | 5.8 mi |
| Doe Knob | SSE 149° | 1,381 m | 5.9 mi |
| Brier Lick Knob | SSE 152° | 1,379 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2310452599
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