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Thunderhead Mountain

Elevation
1,687 m
#10,514
in the world
#2,898
in United States
1,087 m
prominence

Thunderhead Mountain is a mountain in United States, rising to 1,687 m, the 2,898th highest we list in United States, part of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Range
#12 in the range
Nearest town
32 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Thunderhead Mountain

Thunderhead Mountain lies in United States, in Tennessee.

Key facts

Elevation
1,687 m (5,535 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,087 m
Type
Mountain
Region
Tennessee
Coordinates
35.569, -83.706

How it ranks

Among peaks in United States
#2,898of 3,727
LargestSmallest
In the Great Smoky Mountains
#12of 17
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#10,514of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Thunderhead Mountain1,615 m0.2 km
Silers Bald1,695 m13 km
Shuckstack1,224 m14 km
Gregory Bald1,508 m15 km
Clingmans Dome2,023 m19 km
Andrews Bald1,799 m20 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Thunderhead Mountain.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
MaryvilleUnited States28,46432 km
SeviervilleUnited States16,49036 km
KnoxvilleUnited States190,74048 km
FarragutUnited States21,91954 km
Oak RidgeUnited States29,30271 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.