Short Mountain is a mountain-sized monadnock that is the highest point in Cannon County, Tennessee and the Nashville metropolitan area.
This horseshoe-shaped mountain valley is the site of the Headwaters Wildlife Management Area, which was seized and repurposed by the state government after an illegal marijuana farm's owners were arrested.
[7] The East Fork Stones River and some of its tributaries begin along the southern slope of Short Mountain;[8] some other tributaries of the East Fork Stones River begin along the southeastern and southwestern slopes of Sugar Tree Knob.
[12][13] Almost directly north of and downhill from the Bible camp is the Short Mountain Sanctuary for the Radical Faeries.
[16] Gunter Hollow Road goes up the eastern slope of the mountain from Tennessee State Route 146; it is paved with chipseal.