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Mountain Farm Museum

Mountain Farm Museum from directly overhead

Mountain Farm Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 617 m. Mount Kephart stands 1,895 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.51240, -83.30454

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Fox Knob: 1.3 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Noble: 1.9 mi
  • Mount Stand Watie: 2.2 mi
  • Rocky Knob: 2.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Mingo Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Little Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Chasteen Creek Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Hitchin Post Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cliff Branch Falls: 5.4 mi
Parks: 59
  • Acquoni Road Family Park: 1.6 mi
  • ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 2.1 mi
  • ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 2.2 mi
  • Oconaluftee Park: 2.3 mi
  • Norman Maney Recreation Park: 4.7 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 2.9 mi
  • Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 3.0 mi
  • Soco Falls Overlook: 7.7 mi
  • Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 9.5 mi
  • The Fugitive Train Wreck: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 16
Artworks: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Heintooga Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Deep Creek Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 8.4 mi
  • Chimneys Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 14.0 mi
Gardens: 8
Rest areas: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Mountain Farm Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount KephartNNW 330°1,895.27 m9.5 mi
Mount AmblerNNW 327°1,865.34 m9.2 mi
Yellow FaceESE 116°1,833 m9.6 mi
Cataloochee BalsamENE 56°1,819 m8.6 mi
Balsam MountainENE 56°1,811.24 m8.7 mi
Chiltoes MountainNE 48°1,796.1 m8.9 mi
Blackrock MountainESE 123°1,751 m8.7 mi
Masa KnobNNW 334°1,733.54 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1219:45
June solstice06:1920:1520:53
September equinox07:2218:5819:32
December solstice07:3916:4517:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364046556370737266564639
Precip in4.75.05.84.94.75.15.24.24.03.14.25.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oconaluftee, under a mile away.

In the park

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).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4256107284

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