Fort Harry
Fort Harry is a historic site in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 1,006 m. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south-southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Tops, a peak 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway runs past it.
The story
Hamlet in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States.
Wikidata Q122594941, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,006 m
How to reach it
- On the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 18.1 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 3 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 3 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 3 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Trickling Falls: 1.2 mi
- Talking Falls: 1.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.7 mi
- Grotto Falls: 2.8 mi
- Little River Upper Falls: 3.6 mi
- Arch Rock: 2.0 mi
- Hellbender: 5.2 mi
- Rail Runner: 5.2 mi
- Birdventure: 5.2 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 5.6 mi
- Chimney Tops: 0.7 mi
- Balsam Point: 1.0 mi
- Sugarland Mountain: 1.3 mi
- West Point: 1.6 mi
- Peregrine Peak: 1.7 mi
- Mynatt Park: 4.9 mi
- Mills Park: 7.0 mi
- Patriot Park: 11.2 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 12.5 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 13.5 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 5.6 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 5.6 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 5.6 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 11.3 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 12.5 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 2.5 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 11.2 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 11.2 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 12.2 mi
- Alum Cave: 1.6 mi
- The Jumpoff: 4.8 mi
- Cat Stairs: 8.8 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 10.1 mi
- Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 6.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Bear: 5.6 mi
- Fish: 11.3 mi
- Selu Statue: 15.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 16.6 mi
- Dolly Parton: 16.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 14.0 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 22.9 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 1.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 7.4 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 8.2 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 24.7 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 19.6 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 20.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 21.6 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Fort Harry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SSW 195° | 2,025 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | ENE 63° | 2,010 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SSW 199° | 2,004 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | ENE 63° | 2,004 m | 2.4 mi |
| Cliff Top | ENE 57° | 1,997 m | 2.0 mi |
| Myrtle Point | ENE 67° | 1,992 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Love | SSW 192° | 1,956 m | 5.1 mi |
| West Point | NE 47° | 1,937 m | 1.6 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 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:46 | 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/154051253
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