Big Cataloochee Mountain
Big Cataloochee Mountain rises to 1,875 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the west-northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Butt, a peak 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31616769, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1875.19 m
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 13.1 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 19.1 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 10 mi
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 11 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 11 mi
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Butt: 0.3 mi
- Balsam Corner: 0.3 mi
- Balsam High Top: 1.1 mi
- Ledge Bald: 2.5 mi
- Luftee Knob: 2.6 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 2.0 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 2.0 mi
- West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 4.1 mi
- Mouse Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 9.5 mi
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 10.3 mi
- Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 11.2 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 12.4 mi
- Arch Rock: 14.9 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 11.6 mi
- Dog walking: 11.6 mi
- Elevated Creek Park: 11.7 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 14.8 mi
- Masonic Monument: 9.4 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 10.8 mi
- 1983 Plane Crash: 14.6 mi
- Lyn Lowry Cross: 14.8 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 14.9 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 12.3 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 13.2 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 15.2 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 15.2 mi
- Shook Museum: 17.4 mi
- Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 6.4 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 6.8 mi
- Cat Stairs: 10.9 mi
- The Jumpoff: 12.3 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 15.1 mi
- Selu Statue: 15.7 mi
- Bear: 18.7 mi
- Sylva Mural: 20.7 mi
- Moai Statue: 20.8 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 12.0 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 3.7 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 4.7 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 10.8 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 13.8 mi
- Burnett Spring: 18.3 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 15.0 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 15.5 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 17.3 mi
- Vista Gardens: 18.6 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 20.7 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 7.8 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 10.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 12.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 18.7 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 23.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 10.5 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Big Cataloochee Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | WNW 297° | 2,019.13 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Chapman | W 281° | 1,960.2 m | 5.4 mi |
| Old Black | NW 304° | 1,938.61 m | 5.4 mi |
| Luftee Knob | WNW 303° | 1,894.26 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | WNW 291° | 1,883.44 m | 4.3 mi |
| Marks Knob | W 278° | 1,878.29 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Hardison | WNW 286° | 1,874.57 m | 4.3 mi |
| Tricorner Knob | WNW 290° | 1,873.11 m | 4.7 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 | 20:52 |
| 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, 5 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/357806506
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