Balsam High Top
Balsam High Top rises to 1,743 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Balsam Corner, a peak 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 10.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31615687, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,743 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 9.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.0 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 18.0 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 10 mi
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 10 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 10 mi
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Balsam Corner: 0.9 mi
- Big Cataloochee Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Big Butt: 1.4 mi
- Ledge Bald: 1.5 mi
- Luftee Knob: 2.4 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 2.4 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 2.4 mi
- West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Enloe Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 9.6 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 11.8 mi
- Arch Rock: 13.9 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 14.7 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 14.7 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 11.4 mi
- Elevated Creek Park: 11.5 mi
- Dog walking: 11.9 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 12.9 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 13.7 mi
- Masonic Monument: 8.9 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 10.6 mi
- 1983 Plane Crash: 14.1 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 14.3 mi
- Lyn Lowry Cross: 14.5 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 12.1 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 12.1 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 14.1 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 14.2 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 17.8 mi
- Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 5.8 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 7.0 mi
- Cat Stairs: 10.3 mi
- The Jumpoff: 11.2 mi
- Selu Statue: 14.7 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 15.4 mi
- Bear: 17.9 mi
- Sylva Mural: 20.0 mi
- Moai Statue: 20.0 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 11.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 4.9 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 5.7 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 11.9 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 14.9 mi
- Burnett Spring: 19.0 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 14.5 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 15.3 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 17.7 mi
- Vista Gardens: 17.8 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 11.0 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Greenbrier: 12.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 17.7 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 23.9 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 10.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Balsam High Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | NW 309° | 2,019 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Chapman | WNW 291° | 1,960 m | 4.7 mi |
| Old Black | NW 316° | 1,939 m | 5.1 mi |
| Luftee Knob | NNW 329° | 1,894 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | NW 305° | 1,883 m | 3.8 mi |
| Marks Knob | WNW 291° | 1,878 m | 3.4 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | NE 54° | 1,875 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mount Hardison | WNW 299° | 1,875 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 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).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357806391
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