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Three Top Mountain;Threetop Mountain

Three Top Mountain;Threetop Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Three Top Mountain;Threetop Mountain rises to 920 m in Tennessee. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the south-southwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31689716, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
919.648 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.76260, -83.22849

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
  • Hen Wallow Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Gunter Fork Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Gunter Fork Cascades: 5.0 mi
  • Buzzard Roost Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Ramsey Cascades: 5.5 mi
Attractions
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 6.0 mi
  • Forbidden Caverns: 11.8 mi
  • Arch Rock: 14.5 mi
  • Hellbender: 15.8 mi
  • Birdventure: 15.8 mi
Parks: 42
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 14
Picnic sites: 12
Springs: 6
Rest areas: 6
Artworks: 6
  • Bear: 15.8 mi
  • Fish: 18.5 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 20.2 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 20.2 mi
  • Selu Statue: 20.7 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Vista Gardens: 15.9 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 20.2 mi
  • Susanna Wesley Garden: 21.5 mi
  • Rhododenron Garden: 23.6 mi
  • Van Lester Estate: 24.6 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Covered bridges: 2
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Three Top Mountain;Threetop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GuyotSSW 202°2,019.13 m4.3 mi
Mount ChapmanSSW 204°1,960.2 m5.8 mi
Old BlackSSW 205°1,938.61 m3.6 mi
Luftee KnobS 171°1,894.26 m4.9 mi
Mount YonaguskaSSW 193°1,883.44 m4.9 mi
Marks KnobS 191°1,878.29 m5.8 mi
Big Cataloochee MountainSSE 155°1,875.19 m6.9 mi
Mount HardisonSSW 193°1,874.57 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:45
June solstice06:1820:1520:53
September equinox07:2218:5819:31
December solstice07:4016:4417:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586672767569594942
Precip in4.23.94.74.44.66.46.54.64.02.73.44.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 7 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 1327212 — Three Top Mountain, Cocke County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356883572

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