Bears
Bears is an attraction in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 802 m. Mount le Conte - High Top stands 2,010 m to the east-southeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Otter, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 19.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 19.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 4 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 10 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 10 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Otter: 0.0 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 0.1 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 0.1 mi
- Amazing Mirror Maze: 2.2 mi
- Ripley's Haunted Adventure: 2.2 mi
- Holy Butt: 0.4 mi
- Mount Harrison: 1.0 mi
- Caney High Top: 1.6 mi
- Phils View: 1.6 mi
- Cove Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Cataract Falls: 1.4 mi
- Laurel Falls: 2.7 mi
- Thousand Drips: 4.2 mi
- Baskins Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Huskey Branch Falls: 4.5 mi
- Mynatt Park: 2.4 mi
- Patriot Park: 5.9 mi
- Mills Park: 6.6 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 6.6 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 10.7 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 2.2 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 2.2 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 3.2 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 6.5 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 6.7 mi
- Alum Cave: 7.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.2 mi
- East End: 9.4 mi
- The Shinbone: 10.0 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 4.0 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 5.9 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 5.9 mi
- Fort Harry: 6.4 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 9.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 5.6 mi
- Greenbrier: 9.3 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 23.9 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 24.3 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 24.3 mi
- Bear: 3.1 mi
- Fish: 5.9 mi
- Veterans Statue: 11.4 mi
- Dolly Parton: 11.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 21.5 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 23.2 mi
- Strong rock spring: 23.4 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 24.4 mi
- Vista Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 20.4 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 8.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Bears. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount le Conte - High Top | ESE 116° | 2,009.55 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | ESE 116° | 2,004 m | 7.5 mi |
| Cliff Top | ESE 118° | 1,996.55 m | 7.2 mi |
| Myrtle Point | ESE 116° | 1,991.56 m | 7.8 mi |
| West Point | ESE 120° | 1,937.31 m | 6.7 mi |
| Balsam Point | SE 126° | 1,773.94 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Mingus | SE 137° | 1,763.88 m | 8.1 mi |
| Sugarland Mountain | SE 146° | 1,673.66 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1081041690
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