Balsam Point
Balsam Point rises to 1,774 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31661395, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1773.94 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 19.0 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 3 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 4 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 4 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainbow Falls: 0.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.8 mi
- Grotto Falls: 1.9 mi
- Trickling Falls: 2.2 mi
- Talking Falls: 2.6 mi
- Bull Head: 1.1 mi
- West Point: 1.1 mi
- Cliff Top: 1.6 mi
- Chimney Tops: 1.7 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Arch Rock: 2.2 mi
- Hellbender: 4.3 mi
- Rail Runner: 4.3 mi
- Birdventure: 4.3 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 4.7 mi
- Mynatt Park: 4.1 mi
- Mills Park: 6.0 mi
- Patriot Park: 10.3 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 11.7 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 14.4 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 4.7 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 4.7 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 4.8 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 10.4 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 11.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 1.0 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 2.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 10.3 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 10.3 mi
- Alum Cave: 1.8 mi
- The Jumpoff: 4.9 mi
- Cat Stairs: 8.1 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 10.0 mi
- Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 6.0 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Bear: 4.7 mi
- Fish: 10.5 mi
- Veterans Statue: 15.7 mi
- Dolly Parton: 15.7 mi
- Selu Statue: 15.8 mi
- Vista Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 14.8 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 23.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 2.3 mi
- Greenbrier: 6.6 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 7.3 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 24.9 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 19.2 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 20.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 21.0 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Balsam Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SSW 193° | 2,024.79 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | E 88° | 2,009.55 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SSW 197° | 2,004.12 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | E 88° | 2,004 m | 2.0 mi |
| Cliff Top | E 87° | 1,996.55 m | 1.6 mi |
| Myrtle Point | E 90° | 1,991.56 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Love | S 191° | 1,955.79 m | 6.1 mi |
| West Point | E 85° | 1,937.31 m | 1.1 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 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:45 | 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, 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 1304946 — Balsam Point, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356842780
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