Ben Parton Lookout
Ben Parton Lookout rises to 1,482 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the east-southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Dripping Spring Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31662195, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,481.57 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 14.0 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 6 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 9 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 10 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Flats Falls: 2.3 mi
- War Branch Cascade: 2.7 mi
- Fish Camp Cascades: 2.8 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 3.4 mi
- Marks Creek Falls: 3.5 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 7.7 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 7.7 mi
- Otter: 7.8 mi
- Bears: 7.8 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 8.8 mi
- Dripping Spring Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cold Spring Knob: 1.3 mi
- Hemlock Knob: 2.3 mi
- Blanket Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Silers Bald: 2.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 8.6 mi
- Mills Park: 12.8 mi
- David Monteith Park: 12.9 mi
- Patriot Park: 13.6 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 13.8 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 9.0 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 9.1 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 9.8 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 10.7 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 13.4 mi
- Alum Cave: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.3 mi
- The Jumpoff: 11.7 mi
- Emert Bluff: 13.0 mi
- East End: 15.7 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 6.3 mi
- Fort Harry: 7.3 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 13.6 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 13.6 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 10.2 mi
- Bear: 9.8 mi
- Fish: 13.6 mi
- Selu Statue: 18.3 mi
- Veterans Statue: 19.0 mi
- Dolly Parton: 19.0 mi
- Elkmont: 4.2 mi
- Proctor: 11.2 mi
- Judson: 13.1 mi
- Calderwood: 23.2 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 5.6 mi
- Greenbrier: 14.3 mi
- Vista Gardens: 9.4 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 17.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Ben Parton Lookout. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | ESE 112° | 2,025 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | ESE 114° | 2,004 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Love | ESE 109° | 1,956 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Collins | E 94° | 1,889 m | 6.7 mi |
| Andrews Bald | SE 125° | 1,801 m | 6.7 mi |
| Balsam Point | ENE 58° | 1,774 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Mingus | ENE 77° | 1,764 m | 7.6 mi |
| Silers Bald | SE 142° | 1,706 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 7 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/356787382
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