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Greenbrier

Greenbrier from directly overhead

Greenbrier is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 479 m. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the east, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenbrier Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
479 m

What to expect

Operated by
Great Smokey Mountains National Park

How to reach it

Coordinates35.72351, -83.39282

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Grotto Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Thousand Drips: 5.1 mi
  • Ramsey Cascades: 5.3 mi
  • Baskins Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 5.8 mi
Attractions
  • Hellbender: 6.2 mi
  • Birdventure: 6.2 mi
  • Arch Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Rail Runner: 6.4 mi
  • Ripley's Davy Crockett Mini-Golf: 6.5 mi
Parks: 36
  • Mills Park: 3.2 mi
  • Mynatt Park: 7.0 mi
  • Patriot Park: 10.0 mi
  • Wear Farm City Park: 12.0 mi
  • Sevierville City Park: 13.2 mi
Museums: 19
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 13
Picnic sites: 12
Artworks: 5
  • Bear: 6.3 mi
  • Fish: 10.2 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 13.9 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 13.9 mi
  • Selu Statue: 18.2 mi
Springs: 5
Rest areas: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Vista Gardens: 6.3 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 17.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Greenbrier. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GuyotE 99°2,019.13 m7.7 mi
Mount le Conte - High TopSSW 207°2,009.55 m5.4 mi
Mount Le ConteSSW 207°2,004 m5.4 mi
Cliff TopSSW 211°1,996.55 m5.6 mi
Myrtle PointSSW 204°1,991.56 m5.3 mi
Mount ChapmanESE 110°1,960.2 m7.3 mi
Old BlackE 94°1,938.61 m7.7 mi
West PointSW 215°1,937.31 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1219:46
June solstice06:1920:1620:54
September equinox07:2218:5819:32
December solstice07:4016:4517:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262733414855585753453529
Precip in7.25.86.77.57.38.78.77.56.75.26.46.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Leconte, 6 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).

  • Pipevine Swallowtail105 obs
  • Little Brown Jugs63 obs
  • yellow wakerobin56 obs
  • dwarf crested iris54 obs
  • Christmas fern53 obs
  • northern maidenhair fern48 obs
  • shining firmoss43 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail34 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/3449491273

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