Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 1,105 m. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimneys Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 2 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 5 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 5 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarland Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Chimney Tops: 1.6 mi
- Bull Head: 2.2 mi
- Balsam Point: 2.3 mi
- Sugarland Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Trickling Falls: 2.2 mi
- Talking Falls: 2.4 mi
- Little River Upper Falls: 2.4 mi
- Huskey Branch Falls: 2.6 mi
- Fish Camp Cascades: 2.8 mi
- Arch Rock: 3.8 mi
- Rail Runner: 5.2 mi
- Hellbender: 5.2 mi
- Birdventure: 5.3 mi
- Ripley's Haunted Adventure: 5.3 mi
- Mynatt Park: 4.7 mi
- Mills Park: 7.8 mi
- Patriot Park: 10.9 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 12.0 mi
- Ela Tuckkasegee River Public Access: 14.0 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 5.3 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 5.4 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 5.7 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 11.2 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 12.1 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 1.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 1.8 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 10.9 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 11.0 mi
- Alum Cave: 3.4 mi
- The Jumpoff: 6.6 mi
- Cat Stairs: 10.4 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 11.9 mi
- Cliff: 12.3 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 8.2 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Bear: 5.7 mi
- Fish: 11.0 mi
- Selu Statue: 16.0 mi
- Veterans Statue: 16.5 mi
- Dolly Parton: 16.5 mi
- Vista Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 15.0 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 23.8 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 21.4 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 22.0 mi
- Greenbrier: 8.9 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 9.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | S 175° | 2,024.79 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | ENE 70° | 2,009.55 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | S 180° | 2,004.12 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | ENE 70° | 2,004 m | 4.1 mi |
| Cliff Top | ENE 68° | 1,996.55 m | 3.7 mi |
| Myrtle Point | ENE 72° | 1,991.56 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Love | S 171° | 1,955.79 m | 4.7 mi |
| West Point | ENE 64° | 1,937.31 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:12 | 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: 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, 4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element relation/2131838
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