Anakeesta Knob
Anakeesta Knob rises to 1,827 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the southwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Ambler, a peak 1.3 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Anakeesta Knob is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. It has an elevation of 5,988 feet (1,825 m), and is accessible via The Boulevard Trail.
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Wikidata Q31660635, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,826.86 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 10.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 1 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 2 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 3 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arch Rock: 1.4 mi
- Hellbender: 7.2 mi
- Birdventure: 7.3 mi
- Rail Runner: 7.3 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 7.7 mi
- Sweat Heifer Cascades: 2.1 mi
- Trickling Falls: 3.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.4 mi
- Grotto Falls: 3.4 mi
- Talking Falls: 3.4 mi
- Mount Ambler: 1.3 mi
- Mount Kephart: 1.4 mi
- Horseshoe Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Myrtle Point: 1.7 mi
- Peregrine Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mynatt Park: 7.3 mi
- Mills Park: 7.4 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 11.4 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 11.7 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 11.8 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 7.6 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 7.9 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 7.9 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 10.4 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 11.4 mi
- Fort Harry: 3.4 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 5.8 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 11.6 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 11.8 mi
- The Jumpoff: 1.4 mi
- Alum Cave: 1.8 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 6.9 mi
- Cat Stairs: 7.0 mi
- Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 5.0 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 12.1 mi
- Bear: 7.6 mi
- Selu Statue: 12.9 mi
- Fish: 13.4 mi
- Veterans Statue: 18.2 mi
- Dolly Parton: 18.3 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 16.6 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 17.0 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 23.2 mi
- Burnett Spring: 24.8 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 19.2 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Vista Gardens: 7.3 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 11.9 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 5.2 mi
- Greenbrier: 6.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 7.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Anakeesta Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SW 224° | 2,025 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NW 317° | 2,010 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SW 226° | 2,004 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NW 317° | 2,004 m | 1.9 mi |
| Cliff Top | NW 309° | 1,997 m | 2.2 mi |
| Myrtle Point | NW 323° | 1,992 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Chapman | ENE 66° | 1,960 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Love | SW 224° | 1,956 m | 6.4 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 | 20:15 | 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: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 50 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newfound GAP, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1275671 — Anakeesta Knob, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356785257
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