Big Swag
Big Swag rises to 1,128 m in North Carolina. Thunderhead Mountain stands 1,685 m to the northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Greer Knob, a peak 1.1 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 4.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31617149, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,128.42 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shute Cove Overlook · 15 mi
- Stratton Ridge · 18 mi
- Hooper Point Overlook · 18 mi
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greer Knob: 1.1 mi
- Round Mountain Knob: 1.4 mi
- Powell Knob: 1.8 mi
- Pond Knob: 1.8 mi
- Doe Knob: 1.8 mi
- Twentymile Creek Cascade: 5.2 mi
- Judy Branch Falls: 6.3 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 6.9 mi
- Aiken Branch Falls: 8.2 mi
- Abrams Falls: 8.3 mi
- Tree of Shame: 7.8 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 10.1 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 12.2 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 13.3 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 14.0 mi
- Graham County Park: 14.5 mi
- Tallassee Recreation Area: 15.6 mi
- Swain County Park: 16.0 mi
- Swan Cabin: 16.0 mi
- Ferebee Memorial Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 11.6 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 13.1 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 13.3 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 19.1 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 20.3 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 18.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 18.7 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 19.0 mi
- Emert Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Morton Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 6.5 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Proctor: 4.6 mi
- Calderwood: 11.0 mi
- Judson: 15.0 mi
- Elkmont: 15.4 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 19.5 mi
- Bear: 21.5 mi
- Fish: 23.2 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 18.2 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 22.4 mi
- Vista Gardens: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Big Swag. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderhead Mountain | NE 51° | 1,685 m | 6.2 mi |
| Rocky Top | NE 51° | 1,657 m | 5.7 mi |
| Blockhouse Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,651 m | 5.3 mi |
| Brier Knob | ENE 58° | 1,591 m | 7.5 mi |
| Devils Race Patch | ENE 57° | 1,565 m | 5.9 mi |
| De Armond Bald | ENE 60° | 1,555 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mt. Squires | NE 39° | 1,540 m | 4.5 mi |
| Spence Field | NE 43° | 1,510 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 981461 — Big Swag, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357768789
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