Bull Head
Bull Head rises to 1,311 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Balsam Point, a peak 1.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31664508, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,310.94 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 14.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 15.3 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 19.4 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 2 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 5 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 5 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rainbow Falls: 1.3 mi
- Baskins Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
- Grotto Falls: 2.3 mi
- Trickling Falls: 3.0 mi
- Thousand Drips: 3.4 mi
- Arch Rock: 3.2 mi
- Hellbender: 3.4 mi
- Rail Runner: 3.4 mi
- Birdventure: 3.4 mi
- Old Gatlinburg Golf & Game: 3.8 mi
- Balsam Point: 1.1 mi
- Piney Mountain: 1.6 mi
- West Point: 2.0 mi
- Chimney Tops: 2.3 mi
- Cliff Top: 2.5 mi
- Mynatt Park: 3.1 mi
- Mills Park: 5.6 mi
- Patriot Park: 9.4 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 10.7 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 14.1 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 3.8 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 3.8 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 3.8 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 9.5 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 10.7 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 1.4 mi
- Fort Harry: 1.8 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 9.4 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 9.4 mi
- Alum Cave: 2.9 mi
- The Jumpoff: 5.9 mi
- Cat Stairs: 8.4 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 10.8 mi
- Cliff: 11.1 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 6.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Bear: 3.8 mi
- Fish: 9.5 mi
- Veterans Statue: 14.8 mi
- Dolly Parton: 14.8 mi
- Selu Statue: 16.8 mi
- Vista Gardens: 3.4 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 15.8 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 2.2 mi
- Greenbrier: 6.8 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 19.8 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 20.7 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 7.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Bull Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | S 185° | 2,025 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | E 101° | 2,010 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | S 188° | 2,004 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | E 101° | 2,004 m | 2.9 mi |
| Cliff Top | ESE 103° | 1,997 m | 2.5 mi |
| Myrtle Point | ESE 101° | 1,992 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Love | S 183° | 1,956 m | 6.6 mi |
| West Point | ESE 106° | 1,937 m | 2.0 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, 3 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 1305514 — Bull Head, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356843691
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