Alum Cave
Alum Cave is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 1,533 m. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south-southwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Peregrine Peak, a peak 0.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1532.75 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 18.6 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 2 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 2 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 3 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peregrine Peak: 0.1 mi
- Cliff Top: 1.1 mi
- West Point: 1.2 mi
- Mount le Conte - High Top: 1.2 mi
- Mount Le Conte: 1.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 0.4 mi
- Hellbender: 5.9 mi
- Birdventure: 5.9 mi
- Rail Runner: 5.9 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 6.3 mi
- Trickling Falls: 1.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.9 mi
- Talking Falls: 2.1 mi
- Grotto Falls: 2.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 5.8 mi
- Mills Park: 6.8 mi
- Patriot Park: 11.9 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 12.7 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 12.9 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 6.2 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 6.4 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 6.4 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 11.8 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 11.9 mi
- Fort Harry: 1.6 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 3.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 11.7 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 11.9 mi
- The Jumpoff: 3.2 mi
- Cat Stairs: 7.7 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 8.6 mi
- Cliff: 8.9 mi
- The Shinbone: 13.4 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 5.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Bear: 6.3 mi
- Fish: 12.1 mi
- Selu Statue: 14.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 17.2 mi
- Dolly Parton: 17.2 mi
- Vista Gardens: 5.9 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 13.1 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 18.1 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 18.7 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 24.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 3.4 mi
- Greenbrier: 6.6 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 7.7 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 23.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 20.4 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Alum Cave. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SSW 209° | 2,024.79 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NNE 26° | 2,009.55 m | 1.2 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SSW 213° | 2,004.12 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NNE 26° | 2,004 m | 1.2 mi |
| Cliff Top | N 5° | 1,996.55 m | 1.1 mi |
| Myrtle Point | NE 38° | 1,991.56 m | 1.3 mi |
| Mount Love | SSW 208° | 1,955.79 m | 5.6 mi |
| West Point | NNW 340° | 1,937.31 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:16 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Leconte, 1 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1223761245
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