Sugar Mountain
Sugar Mountain rises to 1,102 m in Tennessee. Huckleberry Knob stands 1,696 m to the east-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Bald, a peak 1.9 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 5.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States
Wikidata Q31429349, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1102 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 12.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 14.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
- 15.3 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Overlook · 6 mi
- Whig Cove · 6 mi
- Haw Knob · 6 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Bald: 1.9 mi
- Beaverdam Bald: 2.0 mi
- Lookingglass Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Jenks Knob: 2.5 mi
- Henderson Top: 2.6 mi
- Holly Flats Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- Fall Branch Scenic Area: 6.0 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook: 6.3 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi
- Swan Cabin: 8.5 mi
- Tellico Falls: 4.2 mi
- Bald River Falls: 4.6 mi
- Baby Falls: 4.7 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 6.2 mi
- Blue Boar Falls: 6.3 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 11.9 mi
- All Nations Cross: 12.7 mi
- Golgotha Hill: 13.1 mi
- Garden Tomb: 13.1 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 13.1 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Trees Plaque: 14.2 mi
- Site of Fort Butler: 14.3 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 17.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.3 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 15.8 mi
- White Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 11.8 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 17.8 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 17.9 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 21.5 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 19.5 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 20.3 mi
- Eagle Dancer: 18.9 mi
- Rivercane Clan Pole: 19.0 mi
- Rivercane Rendezvous: 19.0 mi
- Calderwood: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Sugar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Knob | ENE 67° | 1,696 m | 7.7 mi |
| Haw Knob | ENE 67° | 1,662 m | 5.7 mi |
| Hooper Bald | ENE 75° | 1,650 m | 7.3 mi |
| Big Junction | ENE 74° | 1,638 m | 5.8 mi |
| Little Huckleberry Knob | ENE 63° | 1,636 m | 8.0 mi |
| Laurel Top | ENE 76° | 1,615 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Haw Knob | ENE 61° | 1,562 m | 5.3 mi |
| Grassy Top | E 81° | 1,514 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:18 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:49 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1327149 — Sugar Mountain, Monroe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356883520
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